Celebrating Jim Henson

A Bag of Magic

A Tribute to Jim Henson

Time passes . . .

       And so do people.

Some we remember more than others . . .

       Even if you didn’t know them.

One man passed away

       And the world wept . . .together.

One man passed away

       The laughter stopped . . .instantly.

But with all the grief and sorrow

       The world remained brighter . . .perhaps even brighter than before.

This one man touched the world

       With a small green frog.

This one man dreamed.

Mayhem, and madness,

       And chickens that danced.

It may not have made sense,

      But we laughed for some reason.

A frog that hosted a television show

     And a seven foot canary

A purple skull named Yorick

     And creatures beyond our wildest imagination

Populated the world of this man.

He even let us in to his world

     And we took off our shoes and walked right in.

As we entered he gave us each

    A little bag of magic to keep as our own.

He didn’t tell us what to do with it

   That was left up to us.

That magic brightened the day.

It got us through the tough times.

It helped us laugh at life.

It caught beautiful butterflies and dreams.

It made us cry with happiness.

After he left, this man

     Left the door open to his world.

We can go in or out

     Whenever we please.

Some say he passed away.

They are wrong. He is still here.

His dream lives on.

And the magic he left

       helps us get through the day.