Candy Land

One night

When the sun had gone down

And the wind welcomed itself

To the small city park

A boy sat

On the cold wooden park bench

Listening and looking

While his mind wandered elsewhere

He heard a sound

Not from the ground

But from the sky

Lights flashed

As The Dream Trail

slowly lowered itself

onto the ground

The train doors opened

and the boy was welcomed on

The conductor smiled

And said

It’s good we have you handy

I’m sure you’ll find our destination

Quite dandy

Because we are going to the land of candy

When the train arrived

The conductor advised

To go unwind

But the boy didn’t hear

He was mesmerized

Purple and pink

Yellow and blue

There were so many

Things to chew

The lake was made of melted marshmallows

The clouds were cotton candy

It all seemed

Oh so fancy

The boy walked to the store

We have chocolate pies

And chocolate fries

What really caught your eye

He looked around

And to his surprise

Found himself a chocolate tie

The Boy walked out

Much more thrilled

As he looked at the ice cream hills

The trees were delicious

Their branches made of licorice

While the trunks were divine

As they were made out of red vines

The street

Looked sweet

To eat

Its chocolate glaze complete

The houses were not wispy

They were made of Rice Krispies

With a stomach much more full

And a very tired brain

The boy got back on the train

And they flew away

(c) 2019 Tanner Stevenson