The Impossibles

You cannot seed a garden

With wheelbarrows of dreams.

Unless you first plant wishes, how

Cucumbersome it seems. 

You cannot climb a rainbow

Unless the winds agree

To blow in one direction — up —

Toward Curiosity.  

You cannot live in castles

Suspended in the air,

But your imagination takes

Long vacations there.

You cannot reach Forever —

Forever’s much too far —

But fortunately Now and Then

Were built right where you are. 

You cannot catch Tomorrow

Until you catch your sleep.

Can you recall how many Yes-

terdays you wish to keep?                                        

You cannot snatch Sir Shadow —

He’s such a clever chap!

Until — at night — he snatches you

And dozes in your lap.