IF I DARED

If I dared to laugh with abandon, would the world call me insane?

Would they whisper and wonder and question, if I dared to dance in the rain?

If I dared to run for no reason but the joy of the wind in my hair

If I dared to roll in green meadows, to play with the butterflies there.

If I dared to look at the mountains and choose to see giant’s grand towers,

If I dared to look at a garden and see the fairies that live in the flowers.

If I dared to believe the impossible and see beauty where none should exist,    

If I dared to choose my own pathway and see promise that others have missed.

If I dared to replace “oh dear” with “oh my” and be awed by the grace in a storm

If I dared to believe that peace is real and war could be overcome.

If I dared any of these, much less all, and dared you to dare along with me,

Would the world be changed, would a difference be made, if we just dared to be?

 

 

R W Ley © 2014, Jan 21