1.

Bright colors and fluttering pennants, capes
Nothing better or more hopeful
The innocent dreams of childhood!
Delayed and out of place here
Ridiculed and spattered with mud
Then rising to fly once more!
The clouds sun and rain purify
Thank god for this freedom
But it took astounding feats!
Amazing effort and courage
To break free of the mockery
But just see who won out in the end!

2.

Such a charmer, he is
A way with words and thoughts
Injecting enthusiasm into everything
Making the bitter world full of light
And me into a goddess - me!
But then he gets bored,
And that's the end.