Dance a Dream

Today is a little less Silversteinish, but still a good day for little poems and simple sketches. (The slightly monkey-faced munchkin is actually me from when I was three.)

So, in honor of those who need no fancy toys or video games to "find" something to entertain themselves:

Dance a Dream

Today I want to dance a dream

Open a window and ride on the rain

To catch a butterfly and fly to Saturn

And waltz on the rings in a star dust gown.

Today I want to munch a dream

Dive off my spoon and splash in my bowl

To brave sugary currents on chocolaty rings

And swim with marshmallow bears.

Today I want to gaze a dream

Slide down a rainbow and run through the sun

To fall with the snow in a balloon made of ice

And bounce on thundering clouds.

Today I want to dare a dream

Go on adventures in far away places

To spin on my globe and meet friends where it stops

And see things that I’ve never seen.

Today I want to play a dream

Visit a dream-house and drive my doll’s car

To swim with my fish in his big shiny bowl

And grow in my garden of flowers

Today I want to draw a dream

Climb on my pencil and gallop away

To paint all my fingers and all of my toes

And splash in watercolor puddles.

Tonight I want to dream a dream

Fly among stars with a cape made of wind

To wander and wonder in a colorful place

And play with my friends until dawn

Copyright -- Josin L. McQuein -- 2011