[CLOSED] - Poets Pub 2020 - Biggest Competition Ever Vol. 1

Little Big Boy (lyttlejoe) wk-2

Little Big Boy

Toby was the smallest boy

Of all the boys playing ball

When a game would start

He never got a call

They laughed and called him shrimp

Nobody wanted him on their team

He would never get to play

He could only dream

Always beside the field he would sit

Sighing and watching them play

Back and forth they'd run kicking the ball

Having fun and laughing all day

Now on that field lived a gopher named Ed

And he popped up beside Toby one day

Asking why he wasn't in the game

Toby told him he wasn't big enough they'd say

Ed snorted and said that's just silly

You don't have to be big to kick a ball

There's plenty they can't do

Because they aren't small

Why you can sit up on that skinny branch

You can crawl under that fence rail

None of them could do that

Ability is not a matter of scale

Toby smiled but said, It's no use

I never get picked not matter what I say

We'll see about that, Ed snorted again

You be here tomorrow when they come to play

Toby sat alone in the same old place

Watching the big boys have all the fun

Then the ball was kicked too hard

And they all began to run

The ball bounced and disappeared down a hole

The boys all stared, arms in the air

Ed popped up again and nudged Toby

Now's your chance, get over there

The ball went down that hole and now it's lost

Toby stood beside them looking down the hole

Guess you're happy now eh, Runt

No, said Toby but I know my role

In a flash Toby crawled down the hole

Ed grinned and handed him the ball

Now get up there big man

And show them who's tall

When he gave them the ball everything changed

And from that day on at every game

When choosing sides

They all yelled Toby's name