“Bedtime Story”

Bedtime Story

for Jeremiah

Come hear a sory, children,

   and help me make it real.

Take the path that Alice took

   and spin the golden wheel.

Come chase that odd, white rabbit

  down to the Mad Hatter’s place,

then search for the grinning cat

   who somehow lost his face.

      Let’s go meet Cinderella.

   Let’s shake the Prince’s hand.

Let’s take the yellow brick road

         and fly to Neverland.

      Come meet Christopher Robin

   and nap with Winnie-the-Pooh.

Let’s fret with piglet and Eeyore

   and romp with Tigger and Roo.

      We’ll fight of witches, dragons

         and a ticking crocodile.

Let’s find out where the sidewalk ends,

         then sit and rest awhile.

We’ll drink from a chocolate river

   and care for Paddington Bear,

then stop and watch the tortoise

         outrun that lazy hare.

Just listen to the stories children,

         and listen to them well.

Just sleep and we will go there

      to see them for ourselves.

Barbie Angell
© 2012