---

08.03.2021

For Those Who’ll Believe Me

They said I was dreaming

And I said I was not

When I shared what I’d seen

In the sky, in the hot

Summer day, when the sun

Was up straight overhead

As I walked down the street

Through the town where it led

And I stopped to look up

At the buildings around

And I spied through the spires

From my spot on the ground

It was golden and white

With its wings spread out wide

And the sun glancing off

With a glint from its hide

That was rainbow and blue

Like a flash after rain

With a golden-brown glare

That shone out from its mane

And there it was in the air

For a moment, if that

The king of all beasts

Splendid emperor cat

And quick as it came

It was gone from my view

“Could it be, what I’d seen,

Could it even be true?”

And I’ve told all the townsfolk

But they won’t hear a word

They all laugh or they jeer

And they say it’s absurd

Save for a few

Who seem to be keen

To hear what I say

And about what I’ve seen

It’s the children of course

Who can see, hear, and feel

The town’s children of course

Could accept what was real

So to them I entrust

This tale and more

To them I will tell

All the yarns in my store

And I’ll tell them to watch

To keep watch, and keep tryin’

For the chance that they’ll see

This magnificent lion