A Tuesday Poem

Once Upon A Time

By Julie McElhinney

I dream of far off places

Of a prince in disguise,

A castle on a hilltop

And sparkling enchanted skies.

I dream of colored rainbows

That enhance the sky above,

I dream of giggles and happiness

Of hearts that are full of love.

I’d rather live my life dreaming

Of the world that I want to see,

Than being low down, dirty and sad

In a place I don’t want to be.

So give me stories of happiness

Of far off places that magic enchanted,

Of a beanstalk that reached to the sky

From a magic been that was planted.

Give me a princess that was a maid

Or that slept a thousand years,

Give me a girl that flooded a room

With the shedding of a few lost tears.

Give me a princess with hair so long

That it reached to the ground from a tower,

Give me the boy who pulled the sword from the stone

And found his own inner power.

For as long as you believe in yourself

These stories will ring true,

Each of us has some magic to share

With everything we say and do.

Are you the wicked witch

Only set out to enrich yourself,

Or are you the selfless man

That went around sharing the wealth.

Maybe you will find a lesson

When you read a story or two,

That will help you choose a path

And decide what you should do.