Beautiful Mind

A poem originally written for and published in Any Segment Magazine

Come closer, child

There’s nothing to be scared of

She whispered, smiling 

She was still like a tree

A tree, having a beautiful dream

I took a step towards her 

And held her hand

I was not afraid

I felt free, as I looked at her hair 

Dancing like a wildflower in the summer air

Welcome, child, she whispered

All we need is here

We don’t have to change anything 

We only need to water the seeds

And watch them turn into wildflowers

And just listen

Listen to the song they are dancing to

It’s coming from the birds, the tiny robins

They come here everyday

They sing and the flowers dance 

And everything comes to life 

Everything becomes eternal

And this is how the story goes, my child, she whispered

As I slowly drifted off into sleep

Still hearing the song and feeling the wind

She closed the book 

“Beautiful Mind”, it was called 

And those were the words I repeated in my mind

Until I was in a place made of wildflowers

They were dancing in the summer air 

I was still like a tree

A tree, having a beautiful dream