Playing Inside
©1995 Susan Noyes Anderson, Lollipops
Sometimes I close my eyes to see
what’s going on inside.
At first, it just looks dark, but then
my mind’s eyes open wide.
I look beyond the darkness till
I find my private screen,
lit up with shapes and colors that
I’ve never, ever seen.
A yellow yummagummy bird;
a redalicious rose;
a purple popple-opplegator,
wearing sky-green clothes.
A submarine with four wheels,
painted fire engine blue;
a hibernating humphog,
in a lavender igloo.
What fun it is to look inside,
and see my mind at play.
It only takes a minute, but
it makes me laugh all day!
If you liked this poem, you might enjoy reading Waiting Room Zoo.
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Tags: animals, bird, children, fireman, fun, humor, imagination
Susan Noyes Anderson
Susan Noyes Anderson is the author of At the End of Your Rope, There’s Hope, Deseret Book, ©1997; Awaken Your Spiritual Power: The Fairy Godmother Isn’t Coming!, Karisma Press, ©1999; and His Children (poetry only, photos are by Anita Schiller), Vantage Point Press, ©2003.