Back to photostream

CLOSE, BUT NO CIGAR! ; 0) (Explored)

A Stick is Never just a Stick to an Imaginative Dog

Sometimes it's a cigar! ; 0)

 

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

~Carl Sagan

 

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8PAQuyAipo

GIVE ALL YOU GOT FOR LOVE

 

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar

and a stick is just a stick

Sometimes a guitar is just a guitar

and a brick is just a brick

but let your imagination carry you

beyond the obvious to another plane

where anything is possible

and nothing ever remains the same

I frequent that parallel universe

as often as I can

where mundane things do not exist

and a pan is never just a pan

it can transform to be a hat

and a pen can become a wand

that once you wave it say abracadabra

a rabbit appears and a golden pond

where magic and the most nonsensical things

can make you laugh all day

like when the cow jumps over the moon

and the unicorns dance and play

where little dogs run along the shore

and seahorses leap so high

and barking and neighing in harmony

they float up into the clear blue sky

and look down on all the wondrous sights

that stretch before them below

there is nothing that cannot be achieved

when you can turn the clouds to marshmallows

change the colour of the sky to pink or green

and the sea to red or yellow

make it drinkable and sweet like lemonade

or as turbid as limoncello

now the little dog continues on his journey

so happy with his stick cigar

and later tonight he will fall asleep

and dream of where the good things are

for we can remain in reality

for sometimes it is necessary

but to give our minds a rest we must

surely remind ourselves of fairies

goblins and leprechauns and guardian angels

that watch over us in our house and garden

who spread the joy that they have found

and make our hearts soften and never hardened.

 

- AP - Copyright © remains with and is the intellectual property of the author

 

Copyright © protected image please do not reproduce without permission

 

For Jennifer and Keith

with love and in memory

of Tyson ❤

134,877 views
1,157 faves
445 comments
Uploaded on May 29, 2022
Taken on April 18, 2022