just wanted to share

**NickInTheNorth** · 31-Jan-08, 22:46

I just wanted to share this.

My daughter wrote it.

The Magic Box

I will put in the box

The first flower of summer
Freedom for everyone
And the chuckles of a baby

I will put in the box
A deer with a grumbling belly
A sip of the purest water from a green lake
The wing of a beautiful bird

I will put in the box
Ten blue wishes spoken in Egyptian
The last tusk of a woolly mammoth
And the first autumn breeze rustling in the trees

I will put in the box
A yellow night and some blue grass
A lawyer at the circus
And a clown at court

My box is fashioned with diamonds and rubies and pearls
With glitter on the lid and snake skin on the corners
Its hinges are made of a baby's giggles

I shall float in my box
All over the world and come ashore on the moon
The colour of the creamiest cream.

**Torvaig** · 31-Jan-08, 23:54

That is beautiful....thanks for sharing it with us....

**trinkie** · 01-Feb-08, 09:49

So glad you shared that with us, it was wonderful! many thanks.

It's great to have new folk taking part - especially young ones. Any more ?

Trinkie

**Sporran** · 02-Feb-08, 19:04

Tell your daughter I think that's a lovely poem, Nick! She has a good imagination, and I hope you have some more to share with us!

**rob16d** · 21-Feb-08, 10:58

Imaginative and beautiful! How old is she?

**Jill** · 21-Feb-08, 15:47

She's just 9 years old!

**rob16d** · 21-Feb-08, 16:16

Wow! Definately tell her it's brilliant! I expected her to be about 14 from the level of writing! Sounds like you've got a right brain box on your hands!