A Little Story

There once was a girl who wanted so many things in life.

She wanted to run and never stop running.
Through fields and fields of tall grass.
Definitely through a cornfield.
Maybe even a desert.
Just for the challenge.

She wanted to dance all the time.
While walking through crowded streets.
By herself, in a forest with no one around.
Underwater, gasping for air as the song ended.

She wanted to stretch and stretch.
Til her bones were so limber and free she could touch the sky.
Til her feet reached through the ground and stood on the roots of the trees.

She wanted to sing so loud the echo came back to her from around the world.
Sing from a mountain, very quiet so it'd get lost in the fog.
Sing from a bench sitting in the park in the rain.
And yes, sing underwater so that her words became jumbled.

She wanted to tell a joke so funny people cried.
And then peed.
And then cried again.

She wanted to climb a tree so high she couldn't see the bottom from the top.
So high the wind knocked her about and she was terrified.
So big she could stretch her body out on a branch and read a book. And then take a nap.

She wanted to pack a lunch made of tuna fish sandwiches that got soggy by the time she sat down to eat them.

She wanted to see everything.
She wanted to close her eyes.

Once is now. The girl is me.