Dreams In My Hands

Crisis solved, stuck glitter pencils to the

wall of the office, bought a supposedly

identical doll to the one standing next to

me already but she is not identical at all

Her colour is different, her mouth a little

nicer so she looks kinder and her dress

is white giving her a shine while the first

one looks sad in a plum-coloured dress

Also bought 3-D stickers of ships to set

my mind free and the symbolism works,

too beautiful to take out of the packet as

yet so anchored to the wall with a cross

Gone the feeling of oppression, gone the

anxiety of unfounded fear, also bought a

workman bag to carry my book - ‘Johnny

and the Dead’ and my handbag and now

I feel better again – holding dreams in my

hands, Little First and Little Second make

me glad as the first doll now has a friend