I Wanted to Be Something Else

I wanted to be a firefly 

lighting up the summer nights.

I wanted to be a double rainbow

after a sudden storm.

I wanted to be the piano keys

my mother’s fingers danced on.

I wanted to be the winter wind

that pushed the clouds away.

I wanted to be the full moon

that turned the night to bright.

I wanted to be a sunrise

that painted roses pink.

I didn’t want to be a child

trapped in this wrinkled, saggy body.

published in Sonnets to Sing