The Flying Bed Nursery Rhyme

One night you dream the bed you’re sleeping on, gets tired stuck in room, decides to fly out. On wings of bed-sheet turning soaring swan, it flutters away before you can shout. You’re stunned to see the bed becomes a bird, clutch in fear the flapping wings lest you fall. Your wide open dazed eyes look up skyward, sees the stars smiling at you as they crawl. The bed flies smoothly to an unknown land, where the winged sprites dance under scarlet sky, wrap the flying bed with colorful strand. It lands in flowery valley to lie. You fall asleep soon on the rose-decked bed, the unseen dreams you left in room return, not in black and white, but in shades of red. Into roses you see your desires turn. ______________ February 25, 2023 Syllable count : 10 per line (HMS) Contest : Nursery Rhyme Sponsored by : Eve Roper