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walt
Jun 27, 2017 22:53:54 GMT
Post by thefleetsin on Jun 27, 2017 22:53:54 GMT
walt
can i call you walt? we seem like such close friends. i know, i'm only half your age but just this once we can pretend...
it's back in 1955, the dust amidst the trees, as you stepped off adventureland, i sprang out beneath mom’s knees.
what you must have felt to dream aloud in characters so bright. so filled with hope and wonderment as prince charming met snow white.
you knew, the world was waiting for a place where dreams come true. you knew, that i'd be there one day, as your kingdom and i both grew.
and so it was that faithful day i tumbled down main street. as you were watching over me from your firehouse front row seat. did you see me wink and wave at you? my mom and dad just laughed; why disney isn't at his park, he's off counting out his cash.
but i knew better then and now, for i still see you there. amidst the aisles of endless smiles of folks who come to share.
the magic of just one man's heart, the dreams of those fulfilled. who wander in and out your park, whose laughter cures all ills.
o walt, i see you standing there atop the matterhorn. my heart is right there next to you as if it was newborn.
so take our dreams they're your dreams too and reinvent the stars! your magic kingdom symphony is the music in all our hearts.
© sjw 08/08/2009 inspired at this very moment in time by walter elias disney.
from the 'benevolent series' of poems
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walt
Jun 28, 2017 6:46:21 GMT
Post by rachelcarson1953 on Jun 28, 2017 6:46:21 GMT
Oh, how my late husband would have loved that poem. He was raised in an abusive home, but when he grew up, he could be a kid at Disney World. It was the second to last trip we took; he was so sick, but he had to go just one more time.
I went to Disney Land first, as a kid, then with my husband many times to Disney World. My college ex-boyfriend became an art director at Disney in L.A., and he told me a little secret: everyone who worked there, from art directors to accountants, spent one day a year at the park as a costume character. My ex always chose Eeyore, since it fit his personality.
In my former career as a children's book illustrator, I had the honor of illustrating a Disney book, and (it's a small world) had my first job in the old building that housed the Disney studio when he was in Kansas City. I worked at Hallmark for many years, but freelanced for other companies including Disney, and illustrated some Hallmark cards that were licensed by Disney.
It was a magical career.
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walt
Jun 28, 2017 10:53:31 GMT
Post by Winter_King on Jun 28, 2017 10:53:31 GMT
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