Crayon Box Dreams

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For: The Sonnet Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Miranda Hawley
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Her crayon box of dreams has at last grown 
up and she no longer colors outside 
of bound'ry lines, nor into stardust thrown
the rigid rules of ancient social guide.

Her crayon box of dreams has faded now,
somehow turning color into dreary
shades of brown, fading into shadow's vow
of docile living, forever weary.

Her crayon box of dreams asserts itself
in midnight madness nightmare scapes that flash
the wild kaleidoscope of her once self,
and into colors if she dares to splash

her crayon box of dreams again shall grow,
and rigid rules shall into stardust throw.

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Hilda Greenhough

Date: 6/9/2025 8:22:00 PM

I liked hearing about the crayons and how they evolved. It sounds like she has returned to childhood's choice of creating her own life. I enjoyed this poem very much.

James Peranteau

Date: 6/5/2025 7:57:00 AM

i'm certainly happy that ya pull'd through...yet careful now; sum them rules make, sense above dear poet...ty...much love