it's never too late
where wishes wait
to open the gate to the same dream landscape
on manila paper
we used to call it vanilla
the teacher unfolded
the one in pastel chalks
two green hills
a very pink sun coming up
between them
as though it had gone to sleep in the hills
and you just woke it up with your oohs and ahs
and if you are careful
if you really try
you can blend the sky
its pink and blue
so that it edges into violet
into violets I thought
in the second grade
I found in the glade
I found in the shade
and loved for a very long time...
mary angela douglas 6 october 2018
where wishes wait
to open the gate to the same dream landscape
on manila paper
we used to call it vanilla
the teacher unfolded
the one in pastel chalks
two green hills
a very pink sun coming up
between them
as though it had gone to sleep in the hills
and you just woke it up with your oohs and ahs
and if you are careful
if you really try
you can blend the sky
its pink and blue
so that it edges into violet
into violets I thought
in the second grade
I found in the glade
I found in the shade
and loved for a very long time...
mary angela douglas 6 october 2018
