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I'd Make a World

I'd make a world with candy cane fences,
where everybody swam in the sky
and sucked on cotton candy clouds.

I'd make a world of cherry-lollipop trees,
where chocolate fountains were in every park
and free strawberries to dip on the bushes.

I'd make a world of mint- and ice cream scented winds,
where the beach smelled of fresh bread
and the waves smelled of blossoms.

I'd make a world of birdsong and voices,
where music notes float along in little groups
waiting to be caught out of the hair and put forth into song.

I'd make a world where the stars came down each night
to check on the children assigned to them,
and take them on rides around the universe.

I'd make a world where mommies kissed daddies
and little birds went to tell storks,
who dropped diamonds under cabbages
to be picked up by the mommies and daddies
and grow into babies.

I'd make a world full of happy families,
with parents and grandparents and great-grandparents
and no lonely children.

I'd make a world with one easy language,
so everybody can understand each other
and everybody can read.

I'd make a world where everybody believed in God and in Heaven,
and that there was no death, and that life always goes on,
just through those Pearly Gates and past St. Peter.

I'd make a world where everybody had magnifying glasses
so they could look at people
and see more than just their skin color.

I'd make a  world where everybody had stethoscopes,
so they could hear all those unheard voices,

all those lilting little heartsongs.

Author notes

Kinda strange. It started out really fantasy-like, then sort of changed to my wishes about families, like the families of my friends or me, and then that part about the magnifying glasses is because I HATE racism (seriously, it sucks to be called 'yellow'), and that last little part is just somethin'.

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  • Bullets
    June 2

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    I think I would make that world too. The part about stars with assigned children and the last 3 lines were both my favorite. I'm a child at heart, so everything from the candy to the heartsongs stuck out for me. :]
    Good luck
    -Bullets


  • Violinstrings silver member
    March 22

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    this already won a gold and I think it is great and deserved a gold your a good writer
    join children in verse group share your poems with us


  • Darkwell
    March 1

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    this is such a delicious world it made me hungry congratulations on your gold

  • Sunshine Princess
    February 17

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    I like your poem I want a world like this my mommy wrote me a poem almost like this thank for your poem have nice day.


  • cutiepie-jessjess
    February 15

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    great poem1

    I love your poem! I would love to live in that world, exept i would change 1 thing, that no one felt any pain.
    ♥cutiepie-jessjess♥


    • owlish
      February 15
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      Thanks for the comment! Not feeling any pain is a great idea... both physical AND mental/spiritual pain.

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