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Help with Special Birthday Poem?

7 Years Ago


Hi, this is TY! I'm new here & joined to get some ideas & help on my poetry & maybe even help some people too :)

My Mom is turning 54 on 10-2-16 & she is Libra which is an air sign. For her birthday I am sending my Mom up in a HOT AIR BALLOON!!! I am attempting to finish a poem I started which I will hand write in a card & give to her along with her ticket. Here is what I got so far: 

'Up in the sky where the sun shines bright 
& the moon tells secrets to the stars at night;
& the magpie nests in an old oak tree 
while a crisp autumn wind rustles it's leaves. 

Up in the sky where a rainbow's tied
& a huge elephant... YES, that's what I spied! 
& there's a pirate ship, jolly roger flying proud,
drifting through the sky as a whit puffy cloud. 

All my dreams & imagination 
never took me to this destination. 
Fireworks, down under, Paris, a zoo,
a yellow brick road, an ocean of blue, 
& a million other things rolled into one
couldn't, just couldn't, be half as fun

as...'

& here is where I get stuck. Figuring I have 1-2 more paragraphs to go, are there any suggestions on how I can tie this thing up? 

I am going for the whimsical feeling here because hot air balloons in themselves are whimsical. 

Suggestions for the beginning & body are welcome too, however I really need to concentrate on the ending. 

Thnx for any advice & input! 

Lava you, TY