Poetry Play Thursday

I’ve recently noticed a common thread in the blog circles I run with: people, especially women, are eager to fulfill their destiny. Many of us hold a job that we’ve enjoyed over the years but it doesn’t satiate the desire and longing for something more that’s been bubbling up to the surface. “Is this what I’m supposed to be doing with my life,” we ask. “What about my dreams of becoming a writer, learning to fly, joining the circus?” We are no longer content to do what we must; we long to do what we love. We ask ourselves if we’re capable of fulfilling our dreams.

What would need to change in your life for you to realize those dreams and quench those desires? What if you could shake things up and change your world, all of our worlds, to ready it for something really big? What would you do if YOU were in charge?

Today’s prompt is to write a poem with the title:

If I Were In Charge of the World.

Judith Viorst shares what she’d do in the following poem:

If I Were In Charge of the World

If I were in charge of the world

I’d cancel oatmeal,

Monday mornings,

Allergy shots, and also Sara Steinberg.

If I were in charge of the world

There’d be brighter nights lights,

Healthier hamsters, and

Basketball baskets forty eight inches lower.

If I were in charge of the world

You wouldn’t have lonely.

You wouldn’t have clean.

You wouldn’t have bedtimes.

Or “Don’t punch your sister.”

You wouldn’t even have sisters.

If I were in charge of the world

A chocolate sundae with whipped cream and nuts would be a vegetable

All 007 movies would be G,

And a person who sometimes forgot to brush,

And sometimes forgot to flush,

Would still be allowed to be

In charge of the world.

by Judith Viorst

Go ahead, let yourself go with this one! I do hope you’ll share what you’ve written, or a link to it, in our comments to this post. I’m off to write mine… Have fun!