Swingers

Come try this, Sissy!

She has been spinning around on the tire swing-
Round and round,
Smile getting wider with every rotation,
Hair swirling behind.

Her sister is intrigued.
She hops down from the play structure,
Abandoning her castle and its subjects
To join in the game.

With two the fun is
Amplified.
Smiles turn to giggles.
Giggles turn into waves of laughter
That cascade over me as I reach my hand
Into the swirling rainbow of color
To grab on to the chain link
And provide more thrust for their endeavor.

Just when it seems as though they will want to spin forever,
An abrupt "stop" is called for.
They dismount and walk two
Separate erratic lines.
Their balance left behind on the swing -
Now abandoned,
That continues to slowly rotate
As its former occupants wander off
Continuing their daily fight against
Gravity.