Nephelococcygia 

Nephelococcygia 
From νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”) +‎ κόκκῡξ (kókkūx, “cuckoo”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā). 
1. cloud-cuckoo-land, a utopia, imaginary place with unrealistic or silly people. 

Dragons and dolphins mostly; 
Draping my waking eyes in dreams, 
Whilst stare I high above to see 
Forever in the shapes that more than seem. 
They grow me toward whom I’m meant to be, 
This they must and do achieve. 

A singing bird in flight, 
A wolf’s head, hippo, cartoon ear, 
All flying, flying, shifting, sighing, 
Merging, making more than me; 
But also making me — what’s best in me: 

Vision for another world, 
Imagined beauty atop the real, 
Love for this and every day, 
And every creature living, dear, 
All near and here — beneath this blesséd sky. 

Published by Benjamin White

zesty enthusiast, mystic, amateur poet, husband, father, chaplain

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