Kaleidoscope
Colours and dreams
A kaleidoscope of colours,
That is what I can see,
Looking through the looking glass
That was made just for me.
My grandad built it in his shed,
He knew just what I’d like.
I preferred that for my birthday
Than some new clothes or a bike.
I saw one first at SciTech
On our annual school trip
Though it’s really old technology -
It doesn’t even have a chip.
But I was sold from the word go,
I loved that little tool,
And now I have one of my own —
My grandad is so cool!
The colours are just fascinating,
I love the way they change
When you turn it round and round;
I don’t care people think I’m strange!
The different patterns that it makes,
Designs and shapes that move.
I could sit here all day long,
Quite happily in my groove.
When was the last time (do you know?),
That you have got the chance,
To look through a kaleidoscope
And end up in a trance?
I highly recommend it,
It’s really quite relaxing,
And when you’re trapped in that dreamy state
You won’t notice time elapsing.
