(A/N: This is a poem I wrote for a project we are doing in a writing class in school. Based on The Magic Box by Kit Wright. Enjoy and please review!)
The Magic Box
Based on Kit Wright's Magic Box
I will put in my box
The smell of
The crisp morning
Near the water
The smell of
The chilly dew
On the cool grass
I will put in my box
The sweet stench
Of a flower
Crumpled so that its colors
Blend together into one mixture
I will put in my box
The thundering splash
Of water
Against the soft sand
I will put in my box
The whoosh
Of the wind
Through the tall evergreen trees
On top of the mountain
I will put in my box
The soft rustling
Of wanderers
Moving through the bushes
And the slip
Of someone sliding
Across the damp, slick rocks
I will put in my box
The glow of the grass
On a dark day
With a ray of sunlight
Beaming through the treetops
I will put in my box
The sorrow of the dusk
When all of the beautiful spirits of the earth
Rise to the heavens
Preparing for nightfall
In my box I will put
The feeling of lying on the wet ground
With my eyes closed.
The gray sky filled with clouds
And the pouring, cool rain chilling my senses
In my box I will put
The gusts of wind
Blowing against my face
As I run through
A never ending meadow of nothing,
Trying to reach my unknown destination,
But the wind holding me back
My box is made of
Silver and rain,
With everything made from dreams
To keep the box from collapsing.
The corners and creases
Held together
With love and clouds
The sides
Plastered with old photographs
Of the simplicity of someone's life long ago
Friends
Keep the box stable
At the base
A window
To another day,
Another world
Silently sits inside,
But this is what I must search for
On my journey inside my box
In my box,
I will fly away through the wind
To a warm beach,
With a heated chill
Running down my spine
As I watch the water gently move with the wind
I will sway
To the music of silence,
The music of the sun
About to lower on the horizon,
Twilight approaching.
In my box
I will dance
On the cool sand
Moving with the trees,
The water,
And the sun
I will dive
Deep into the sea,
Far enough where the sun should not be visible,
But it glows brightly around
The colorful life below me
I will soar
High above the earth,
Above everything
I will sit
Upon a cloud
And view the natural beauty below,
As I slowly drift
Into a place unknown