Let's

by Carrie Preston

Go swing on the boughs
Of an evergreen tree
Fly off the branches
And land beside me

Then we'll prance
Through the forest
We'll dance
In the spring
Wherever we go
Flowers we'll bring

Scattering petals
As remnants to joy
All barriers to happiness
We'll attempt to destroy

With impish delight
And fairy-like song
We'll battle all evil
We'll undo all wrong

So come idealists
Come dreamers
Come join in our fun
Our giddy indulgence has only begun

Let's be free in our thinking
Let's be soft in our touch
Let's be tinkers off tinking
Doing magic and such

Let's always meander
Let's get lost on our way
Let's be children forever
In eternal play

The Author

Carrie is: a gardener, teacher, reader, runner, poet, essayist, painter, designer, dreamer, dabbler, nature loving urbanite, American expatriate living in The Netherlands, wife, daughter, sister, friend.