on a swing
©2009 Susan Noyes Anderson
photograph ©2009 Heather Murry Anderson
sturdy seat
happy sigh
dangling feet
open sky
trees to meet
urge to fly
joy complete
riding high
life is sweet
heav’n is nigh
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We’re never too old to reach for the sky. It just feels good!
“Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”
– Samuel Ullamn
“The world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing.” – Natalie Kocsis
“Would you like to swing on a star? Carry moonbeams home in a jar? And be better off than you are?…You could be better than you are.” – Johnny Burke
