hoping for blooms*

dream, little one,
enormous wild dreams
the color of rainbows and just
as high and visible.

dream, little one,
what is in you is a gift
for you, for me, for the world
that needs it.

dream, my love,
using all your imagination
your whole heart and strength
and all your skill.

dream without fear
of failure, of costly mistakes
or disappointments of the past
or those to come.

dream, little one,
because one precious
seed of hopelike lovelike dream
will bloom in spring.
*2009