Playing Pretend

Tinkerbell

flits in and out,

lighting up a room with magic,

helping the lost boys pretend

to be more than they are:

Swashbucklers,

students,

the stars of food fights,

children of Wendy -

a child herself.

Tink creates a world

in which magic is key

and, without it,

the boys would feel

utterly

bereft.

It’s not Tink’s fault

that Peter can’t see her,

blinded by Wendy

who brings

her own kind of magic.

Sometimes she knows

that most people don’t

believe in fairies,

but usually Tinkerbell is, 

once again, surprised;

who wouldn’t

notice the small one

who lights up a room?

But Peter doesn’t see her,

and you know what they say:

Seeing is Believing.