Better Than Wax and Feathers

NaPoWrMo Day 18 - Express the desire to be someone or something else.

Photo by Darshan Patel on Unsplash

I want to become a dandelion seedling
that commands the telekinetic nature
of spring-fare squalls and spark inside
of a peacock, a light up next to the sun
and free from a zoo's confines, emerald
envy at how masterfully I nourish wind
between the silver tendrils from my core
and scale the sky even higher than itself
to …