Scatter Wishes
©2013 Susan Noyes Anderson (poem only)
Photo by Sarah Mak on Unsplash
Scatter wishes to the wind
to give them a head start.
Don’t give up on “let’s pretend”
or wash off sidewalk art.
Float your dreams like red balloons.
Don’t forget your “goodnight moons.”
Dishes run away with spoons.
Take part.
Find the child that lives within your heart.
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Tags: children, dreams, hope, imagination, joy, life
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.