Mixed Media Artist

I am a lover, a dreamer, 
and a believer of magic. 
I bought the copyrights on the fantasy 
of living happily ever after 
despite the efforts by those of the real world 
to protect me from myself. 
I have taken every chance I have had 
to learn to pay attention and to wonder. 
Perhaps the wondering was simply, 
“Wonder why I do this…” or 
“Wonder when lunch is…” 
but mostly it has been 
taking a big bite of the juiciness 
and letting it dribble down my chin 
kind of wondering. 
I laugh longer, 
cry louder, 
and dream deeper 
than ever before in my life 
and I wouldn’t exchange a bit of the pain 
for a day inside the lines.