A Little Larger Than Life Poem by Perdita Young (Hanna Wang)

I've been craving
for things larger than life,
things to dream and things to believe,
a little ahead of the reality,
a little ahead of the time,
defined as fantasy, not yet rife.

Perching on rhymes, the nets of wire,
harping about the water and the fire,
gliding and sliding, on the wind,
down the mounts and hills,
roving or drifting,
to try the new skills…

A bit absurd, I might appear,
trying to move readers
with a cranky lyre.
In the limelight, I lay bare
the grassy heart about to burn,
abashed and awkward, but no liar.

Dec.3rd,2010.