Free

and we will open all the doors

and we will jump on all the beds

and we will leap from mountain top to mountain top

and we will laugh until we think we might explode

and we will laugh especially in those moment when we aren’t supposed to

and we will of course find this only makes the laughing a millions times more extreme

and we will talk to animals

and we will stride across oceans

and we will dance like maniacs

and we will lie on the sofa watching TV with our shoes on because why not

and we will have long baths/short baths/no baths delete as applicable

and we will eat delicious foods

and we will not eat any of the bits we don’t really like

and we will talk while lying on our backs and looking at the sky

and we will say the first thing that pops into our heads

and we will be always with our friends even when we are not

and we will smile with smiles so deep they make our eyes disappear

and we will grow wings

and we will

and we will

and we will

© Kate Wakeling, from Cloud Soup, The Emma Press, 2021