A Balloon Steals My Worries.

"Swishing on by" by JancyLi

(Today I thought of balloons after seeing this picture goes swishing on by...)

The Balloon

I went to the park

And I bought a balloon.

It sailed through the sky

Like a large orange moon.

It bumped and it fluttered

And swam with the clouds.

Small birds flew around it

In high chirping crowds.

It bounced and it balanced

And bowed with the breeze.

It skimmed past the leaves

On the top of the trees.

And then as the day

Started turning to night

I gave a short jump

And I held the string tight

And home we all sailed

Through the darkening sky

The orange balloon, the small birds

And I.

- Karla Kuskin (adapted by James W. King)


I was sad
I went to the park
I saw a balloon floating
- Away with my worries.

- Ghostwise


“Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon”

- Winnie the Pooh