In a Storybook

“How crazy it would be 

if the moon did spin 

and the earth stood still 

and the sun went dim!

How absolutely ludicrous 

if snakes could walk 

and kids could fly 

and mimes did talk!

How silly it would be 

if the nights were tan 

and the mornings green 

and the sun cyan!

How totally ridiculous 

if horses chirped 

and spiders sang 

and ladies burped!

How shocking it would be 

if the dragons ruled 

and the knights were dopes 

but the fish were schooled!

How utterly preposterous 

if rain were dry 

and snowflakes warm 

and real men cried!

I love to just imagine

all the lows as heights,

and the salty, sweet,

and our lefts as rights.

Perhaps it is incredible

and off the hook,

but it all makes sense

in a storybook!”

― Richelle E. Goodrich  

Copyright 2015