I Wish I Could

one of the keys I have is to a box of lead
she said don't open it instead of the one
I tell you to, please

but we  were at our ease, my sister and I
under a strawberry sky
and couldn't remember directions well

how will this story come out we wondered
taking our time because it was ours again
oh I don't know, she could have been nicer

the fairy in charge of the keys
why always make everything so complicated.
so we left it at that

and swung on the swings
and thought about then so many things
the early Spring grass staining our school shoes

I can't remember at all now
though I wish I could.

mary angela douglas 8 february 2019