:empyrean:

One day I'll live in a sky-blue house
and capture clouds in homemade glass jars
and tie them up with stars and hopes
and give them away to passers-by

And one day I'll fill my closet up with tap shoes
and my pocket up with daisies
and hum and sigh and use my voice as I walk
To bring music to every place that I go

And one day I'll paint the sky white
or green, or orange, or lavender-blue
and let loose five hundred and forty-two kites
and for once, people might be looking up, that day

And one day the air will smell of vanilla-earth-sky
And people will throw open their windows and wander outside
to walk in the grass and look and see for themselves
to reach out
to speak out
and breathe

date:September 20, 2007
This was actually inspired by the style of Mr. Miyazaki's films, namely Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away. Also a techno song I heard years ago that I never knew the name of. And the song "99 Luftballons", the English version of which is "99 red balloons" (which have both been done by hundreds of different artists). And just, you know, the truth of how I feel.