Tuesday Poem: "Dreamspinner"

I fill my children’s heads with dreams

because there will be those

who fill their minds with doubt.

At night, together, we colour their aspirations,

battling the monochrome assault of daylight,

resisting those who chain realism to two tones.

I encourage foolishness

because play and wisdom are

twin tributaries of discovery.

Nothing is too big to grasp

when you see how far we have come

with our opposable thumbs.

I am their mute Daedalus,

willing them to fly as high

as their hearts beckon.

POET'S NOTE: And so we begin - another wonderful year of Tuesday Poems. I hope everyone, readers and poets, had a relaxing and energising break.