Life Is Gorgeous 10 July 2009 Poem by Margaret Alice

Life is gorgeous when making up
reasons to be happy, visions, fan-
tasies; NOT finding things, when
hunting for reasons to be happy
everything seems boring

But when I dream, create a new world
I feel happy in the act of CREATION
a ready-made world always seems
stale, while escapism, creating a
new universe, is a joy in itself

Life is awful when my imagination is
switched off, I LOVE everything that
turns it on - now you know why I love
you so – because you trigger my
imagination and let me dream

Now I know why dreams, the way we
recreate life, is the source of our
happiness, why I love riddles and
mysteries – because having to
make up new answers

On a daily basis, is the best fun there
is, singing my dreams to the rhythm
and music of words is so wonderful
my heart inflates with the joy of
it…