Imagination:
My childhood
was full of friends and fun
skipping, running
soaring high
on imagination’s wings
In those days,
I explored new worlds
and fun places
full of heroes.
I’d imagine that
I belonged in the world of magic
and outer-space travel
Since then I have
ventured beyond,
visited real countries,
moved to other places
realized that this is
a world of beauty
and limitless exploration
full of very real danger
and very real sorrow
but also bursting with
love and joy
opportunity and differences
waiting to be found
I have gone beyond
my backyard portal into other worlds.
All kinds of miracles to be found
but I will not give up
my beautiful world of imagination
beyond ours that even now
is my safe haven of comfort
and adventure
it continues to beckon to me,
inviting,
but lo, I must return,
to the real world known as reality.
Luce, Bloc C, 6/2/o2