Sing like Mary Poppins

Will you picture this,
blank-canvas style,
will you give me a moment
- it'll only take a while...

A journey to a far off land,
come, here,
child -
let me take your hand.

It'll be simple,
like a crisp, white sheet
or a new spring day with
birds all cheep-cheep-cheep!

I'll paint in the light,
and the shadows too,
making a whole new place
for me and you.

Don't you fancy it?
Come along for the ride!
Perhaps it would be better without
this world's selfish greed and pride.

Instead we'll need picnics,
flowers and cakes!
Oh and don't forget
lots of understanding and grace.

I'll pack a basket of smiles,
and buckets of kind.
Oh and all the sparks
of young, intuitive minds.

We'll paint us a rainbow,
please bring the gold!
We'll share it around
and break the mould!
('cause I'm fed up of what I've been told).

There will only be beauty,
because that's all I see.
Please! Come join me, but if not -
you'll know where I'll be...