My Place

I head to my study

to go to my favorite place

A place where butterflies are fairies

and lions are griffins.

The stairs I walk up are oak,

all shiny and polished

I can't wait to get to the place,

that I love

A place where monsterous beasts

turn into handsome princes,

and uncomfortable high heels

are magic glass slippers.

After picking my escape,

from my shelf of books,

I sit in my leather chair

 and turn on the lamp.

All ready to go on my favorite trip!

Where the trees can walk

and little boys can fly in the sky

My eyes start to close

like the heavy steel doors of a museum

that's about to shut for the night

but sleep doesn't stop me from going to my favorite place.

A place where evil

strikes out against the innocent 

and the young hero takes sword in hand

to strike back!