perhaps,
peter pan did return
from neverland and
straight into our land:

there were no more
lost boys to play
with, seeing as they
were all here;

there was no more
hook or any other
pirates to defeat,
as they were already dead;

no
wendy, john, or michael
either,
only tink
and the mermaids
(who can forget them?)

perhaps,
he decided to grow up
and become a man,
going to school and then
into an office;

perhaps,
when he was in his
death bed, he
weakly smiled and said,

"to die would be an awfully big adventure"

and with that,
his face,
that was shining light,
went out
like a candle.