If you'll step past the door and peep
Past the cold iron mesh, a girl waits
Sat on concrete steps in a sunhat and braids
Humming a bright, strange tune.
She's waited long enough.
Pluck your picture book off the shelf
Take the melted unmelted chocolates to share
Clutch them in your puny arms
And emerge outdoors to a bare foot June.
She and you look at planets and rivers
At familiar creatures- she points like on a map
Like you'll both go to see the pretty giraffes,
The ocean of sunflowers, the star-shower fireworks,
Conniving dolphins and sweet sleepy cows,
Ponds roiling with trout, butterflies
More colors than the rainbow, pink berries,
Boats and hayrides to the end of time.
This season's sunshine flows in your blood.
