The Tooth Truth

Sitting in school I am in fourth grade A wiggly baby tooth I have one today Back and forth, I loosen it up Who knew such a thing Could be so fun? With each sway it becomes looser I’m lost in deep thought Then it finally comes out With a “Pop!” “Teacher, teacher!” I yell in class “I have to go to the nurse, Can I have a hall pass?” When she asks why I give her a big grin With the tooth in my hand And blood on my chin She notices the space Where a tooth used to be Gives me a pass So now I can leave When I get to the nurse She gives me towels and a bag I am so proud Of the little treasure I have Taking my sweet time I walk back to class And I think up myself The ultimate test Have you ever questioned What was real or a lie? What about Santa or the Tooth Fairy? With this test I shall find Next, I think And conjure a plan As I walk through the halls With the tooth in my hand “I won’t tell my mom!” I think in my head “I’ll place it under my pillow When I go to bed” If there is a dollar ‘Neath my pillow when I wake Then the Tooth Fairy is real And Santa is not fake But if there is not, Then my mother would have lied My entire childhood I will probably cry I finish the day in school Then proceed to go home I can’t wait to run up Into my bedroom Getting home was easy Now comes the hard part Eating and talking around my mom Just waiting ‘til dark Bedtime rolls around She tucks me into bed But little does she know Of what lie under my head I drift off to sleep, Morning will come soon I can’t wait ‘til the sun comes To light up my room Then suddenly I jolt Myself up and awake Shove my hand under the pillow And that same bag I take “What?!” I think “This cannot be true! …If the Tooth Fairy is fake Then Santa Claus is too…” Flashing through my mind Everything falls into place Stockings and chimneys, Presents under the fireplace Of course that makes sense! Santa Claus can’t be real And deliver presents to the whole world For a milk and cookies meal? That’s not possible! Reindeer can’t fly Can you climb down a chimney? Neither can I! But even with the truth, I can’t stop myself The tears start pouring down That is just how I felt I run to my mother And tell her what I did I know she is a liar Can I ever forgive?