imagination

we smiled a smile that flew us high

we grasped each other's hands

through the clouds

hands brushing the stars

eyes sparkling brighter then any of them

hair flying wildly

we knew that one day

we'd be grown up

probably too old for this

this "childhood magic"

this amazingly wonderful

magically sweet

thing called

imagination

that let us fly with the stars

that let us shine like the sun

that let us rule kingdoms

and cross seas

that let us travel with Hobbits

and fly on Pegasus'

save a princess

and the give the prince some tips

that let us slay dragons

and fend off pirates

fly a sky ship

across a moonlit sky

we lived a thousand lives

and lived a thousand dreams

that made us smile

made us laugh

made us draw our swords

made us cry

made us sigh

made us never wish to come back

made us wish that we

best friends

could be together forever

my brown hair

her blonde

my green eyes

her brown

our smiles uplifted

our eyes hopeful

doing the things

that we could only dream of

reality

it settles in

and tears about the dreams

that we had as a child

and makes us realize

that none of those things

are ever going to come true

and that we were just little kids

who didn't have anything else better to do

and it makes you think

"why did i ever want to do that?"

even as you think about flying

high above the clouds

even as you think about

saving the day

or slaying the dragon

or riding in a sky ship

or teaching Peter Pan how to fly

realization

it comes later

it tells you

"yes"

"they are never going to come true"

"but that doesn't meant that imagination is bad"

"it just means that you need to use

your imagination for good"

i will never

ever ever ever

regain my childhood innocence

my greatest imagination

but this realization

has made me realize

that even though we'll get stares

even though people might think we're strange

it's OK to don a cape

and run down the sidewalk

it's OK

to write stories

about crazy things that could never happen

it's OK

to be silly

to have fun

to be with your friend

and again relive your childhood dreams