EMMA'S DREAM LIFE - di Idilia Copertino

“I hate doing chores!”
“My new toy just broke!”
“It’s raining outside!”
Emma bitterly spoke.

“My parents are mean!” 
“My friends are away!” 
“I can’t ride my bike!”
“What a terrible day!”

Emma rushed to her room
And climbed on her bed
“Dreams are just better!” 
She angrily said.

And she slept... and she dreamt 
In a slumber so deep 
That no one who saw her 
Believed it was sleep.

“Emma wake up!”
Whispered her mom,
But Emma was flying 
Right over the sun.

“Wake up, my love!”
Said dad preoccupied 
But Emma was sailing 
Along with the tide.

Her brother came in 
And jumped on the bed:
“Emma, come on!
Let’s go on the sled!”

But Emma was running 
Bare feet on the sand 
And had no intention 
Of taking his hand. 

Her cousins and friends 
And teachers stopped by,
But Emma was eating 
The world’s largest pie!

The doctor arrived 
With his somber look
And solemnly said:
“Give me my book!”

He searched and he looked 
But nothing he found
No potions, no pills, 
No magic compound.

And Emma kept dreaming 
Of marvelous things, 
Of dragons and fairies, 
Of treasures and kings. 

One day in her dreams 
She heard her mom cry 
While wistfully singing
Her first lullaby.

Her brother was there, 
She could hear him too, 
Asking her dad:
“What more can we do?” 

Her father was sighing 
And tapping his foot, 
And Emma remembered 
That dad was a hoot!

Life in her dreams was 
surprising and wild:
No rules, no chores, 
Only wonder and smiles. 

But in all her adventures
One thing was not right, 
She was always alone 
From dawn to midnight. 

She thought of her mom
Hugging her close, 
Her sweet little brother 
Tickling her nose.

Her teachers and friends
Came to her mind, 
And the words of her dad 
Who was always so kind.
 
She looked at the dragon, 
The fairy and the knight 
“I have to go now,” she said
“I’ll see you tonight!”

She opened her eyes 
and took a long yawn, 
Her family’s sorrow
In one instant was gone. 

“Little brother come here!”
Said Emma with joy
“What do you say we go play
with your favorite toy?” 

Her family ecstatic
Rushed by her side 
And she felt all their love 
Quite stupefied! 

Her parents were crying
And kissing her face,
Her brother was laughing
And the family embraced. 

So Emma realized
Between a hug and a kiss
That she already had 
a life full of bliss!

She needed no dragons 
Nor world’s largest pies, 
She had all that she wanted 
Right in front of her eyes. 




The End 

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Waiting to be illustrated and published :)