I love this poem written by my 14 year old daughter, Ashlyn. If you’ve followed my blog over the years, you will know that I sometimes write about Ashlyn’s journey with Asperger’s. However, you’ve never heard Ashlyn’s own voice, and I think it’s a rather beautiful one.
Ashlyn is my very first Guest Blogger–thanks for that Ash!
The Dreamer and the Stars
If I ever awake from this dream,
Put me high with the golden stars
And if I fall like a stone
Let me fall to the Dreamer’s land.
A dream, the endless galaxy parodied.
The limitless and the extraordinary
A song and a tale
The world in your hands.
The Dreamer, she sings and dances
She welcomes us day after day
“Where will we go?”
You decide. I live in your head
Not you in mine
No tick-tock, tick-tock
No fear and no pain
You can do anything!
So climb that high mountain
And swim that large sea.
I go to the Dreamer’s land
Where flowers are like the sun
And rivers are like the moon
Up I soar again
Me, the Dreamer and the stars.
Ashlyn Campbell, 2014
You can also read my poem about Ashlyn. It touches on some similar themes.
Beautiful Poem Asyln! You have a beautiful mind!
Yes well said in those lines – climb that high mountain and swim that large sea – it is possible in our dreams
Wow, Ashlyn…truly lovely!
Incredible Ashlyn!! Truly beautiful!!
I love your poem Ashlyn…I would like to share it with my Grade 5 and 7 girls!
Beautiful Ashlyn. I am so proud of you. Beautiful picture too
Vicky–I asked her and she said it was fine 🙂
Wow Ashlyn, you are so talented. What a beautiful poem — keep it up!
I adore this poem! You are so talented and creative 🙂 Love you lots
Evocative, beautiful.
I enjoyed reading your poem, Ash. A mathematician and a poet. You are very talented!
Ashlyn, it is beautiful! We often say “dream big” but you put it in such a profound way. Our expectations limit us to what we expect to happen, you challenge us to go beyond our expectations and dream of the “extrodinary” and “limitless” and, to “sing and dance.” Thank you!
Wow Ashyln! What a great poem… your really can do anything.
I am wondering if perhaps the Hobbit and company are hiding out there in Dreamer’s land 🙂
Thanks Christine. Yes, I think there are plenty of Hobbits, Elves and Dwarves in Dreamer’s Land 😉