for years
I have tried to lock
you out
not seeing that instead
I locked myself in
*
mom, he says,
do you ever think how great
it would be
to become water
going everywhere
*
standing
in the sunflowers
my whole body
practices
being sunflower
“to become water going everywhere” is a beautiful line. Good writing.
Thanks Britt, I stole it wholesale from my eight year old boy 🙂
I’m not sure I see the escape in number one, but I do see the truth of it.