My Magic Box

(A poem written by David Belmonte my ten year old grandson)

I will put in the box

The red roses in a raspberry field,
The silver in a gold mine and
The last Dodo on Earth.

I will put in the Box

The feathers of five flaming Phoenixes,
A soul from heaven and hell and
the last star in the Universe.

I will put in the Box

A golden summer whale on the sapphire sea,
A bird with four legs and a wolf that glides.

I will put in the Box

A scorpion with no stingers but seven claws,
The red scale of a blue dragon and
a mother’s last wish before death.

My box is styled with rocks, diamonds and bones.
It has steel on the lid and emotions in the corners.
It’s hinges are the toes of Ostriches.

I will fly in my box and land in the waters
of the calm sea and ride the creatures in it.
Then I will move the stars with it.

I will put in the Box

A poem’s end and a Final word:

END