Playing Inside (with Rainbows)

©1995 Susan Noyes Anderson, Lollipops

Sometimes I close my eyes to see

what’s going on inside.

At first, it just goes dark, but then

my mind’s eye opens wide.

I look beyond the darkness till

I find my private screen,

lit up with rainbow 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!