She pulls herself upon a cloud With pen and pad in tow Imagination in her heart The gentle Earth below A poet’s mind starts wandering An endless world awaits She leans beyond the cloud’s extent Peers down and contemplates Amazed at how it looks from here Her perch up in the sky The whole of all she’s ever seen Reflects now in her eye But she is more than what she’s seen Knows more than where she’s been For what exists is infinite Condensed within her pen She shuts her eyes to find her muse A smile finds her face Upon her pad she pours her soul Filling up the space The words are hers but not from her The ink just seems to flow An energy directs her hand And tells it where to go She lifts her pen, and calmly reads Words she’s never said Feelings she has never felt In lines she’s never read Through her words we’ll touch the sky Find places never been And briefly know infinity Condensed within her pen
Written for and about my 10-year old daughter and her love of poetry.