in a world…

I want to live in a world

Where dinosaurs roam free

Beasts of ancient days

Rabbits hopping in the shade of them

Monkeys playfully on the tail of them

*

I want to live in a world

Where butterflies roam free

Twice the size of dinosaurs

Landing on the nose of them

Tickling through to the toes of them

*

I want to live in a world

Where dinosaurs dream free

Of whales outside of the ocean

Swimming the skies above them

Blowing bubbles to show they love them

*

I want to live in a world

Where butterflies dream free

Of you and of me

Whispering the stories of all of us

From the noses to the toes of us

*

I want to live in a world

Where love is always the answer

No matter the worried question

Where the wild wonder of us becomes we

And makes a home, in the very heart of me

****

ellie894 December 4, 2020

Photographs taken in Mineral Wells, Texas in September 2019.

I have decided!

I have decided,

To build The Wall.

It will keep Me in.

And, keep You out.

Yes!  It is a fine idea.

I have been counting the virtues of it,

..for quite a while.

Now, the time has come to build it, once and for all.

I have bricks and mortar piled up in the east.

Steel beams and girders are stacked in the west.

The plans are drawn out.

And, I shall begin this very day.

The Wall will be ginormous! 

It shall be taller than You can climb over, 

And, longer than I can walk around.

The Wall will change everything.

It will keep You out. 

And, keep Me in.

We will be safe and sound,

From each other.

There will be No more tea and cookies shared,

No more needless laughter,

No more such silly and dastardly things,

That get in the way,

Of being cynical and cranky.

There will be,

No more smiles to cheer Your day, 

Or hugs to remind Me that I am loved.

But, by golly We will have..The Wallllllllll

Standing between Us!

..that delightful wall..

Despicable….wall….

…..keeping me in..

.and you out………….

I wonder if I can return steel beams and piles of bricks..

I wonder if I can exchange them, 

For Flower seeds,

And sapling Trees,

To grow a Garden, 

Instead of a wall.

You see…

I have already begun to miss you so,

So…so…that dastardly wall,

It really must go.

I have decided!

I will not build it! 

Not now! 

Not ever! 

We will sow

We will plant

We will grow

Maples and pines

Sunflowers and roses

Lilies and lavender

Morning glories and moon flowers

And all manner of beautiful things…

Then,

We shall rest in the shade of the pines.

And…

There we will be..

You and me…

Over cookies and tea…

without any walls, 

And how very lovely that will be.

****

ellie894 January 20, 2020