If you do not know by now

My 4 year old is an aviation enthusiast

HE LOVES PLANES !

 

If you ever need to get him interested

TALK ABOUT PLANES !

His eyes light up

His ears perk up

 

Fighter, bomber, passenger, bi, tri

He will go ON and ON

 

Type, parts, engines and speed

He will blabber NON-STOP

 

These gravity defying machines

thrill him to no end

 

If you ever see a boy

doe-eyed, button nosed, dimple cheeked

And wears a tail

Clutching on to an aviation magazine

Not one from the children’s section

Perhaps not even in a language he knows

 

It may be him

It is funny but we can’t stop him

And the irony of it is

His love for planes didn’t start from his frequent visits to flying squadrons

Nor opportunities to see fighter planes booming above him

 

He hated their loud noise

Uncles clad in bulky suits

never impressed him

He probably never liked the weird looking green costumes

with zips that could jeopardize their family heirlooms

 

He was 2 1/2

a lovely friend

a dear auntie

a thoughtful gift

of 2 simple books

Airport and Big Book of Airplanes

was all it took

to fuel his love for flights

and set his dream air borne