Awakening

He always thought the sun was yellow
but this morning it came up blue.
He looked outside and saw crimson grass
shining brightly with morning dew.

When he looked in the bathroom mirror

he scarcely believed what he'd seen.

He thought his skin was creamy and light,

but this morning it was chartreuse green.

His eyes had turned from blue to marigold,

but what he found especially weird

was that his hair had turned electric purple.

(So, by the way, had his beard.)

He had seen dolphins many times before

but he never knew they could fly.

Yet there they were wildly frolicking

in the tangerine colored sky.

A pink moose came to his front door

and assured him that things were all right.

What he thought had been reality

was just a dream he had last night. - Jeff Barnes