Tag!
You're It!
And
we flee shrieking with laughter
tumbling
carefree
over
knolls, through the trees
Underducking
the swings
dashing
high into the cloud dazzled summer sky
caroming
down the scorching slide
up
and down again the see saw
breathless
we collapsed in the shade of the solid classroom wall,
bouncing
balls, hula hoops, jump ropes,
Red
Rover, Red Rover, Duck, Duck, Goose
Endless
childhood, rivalries renegotiated every recess
innocent
and fierce.
Tag,
you're it....
and
we flee, sighing with passion
stumbling
careless
over
tussocks, through the a shady grove
Following
a merry dance
whirling
under a star strewn sky
whispering
secrets to the silent virgin moon
spinning,
dizzy and still so sure
I
don't dare stop,
if
I stop I'll fall,
and
falling hurts...
Can't
you see the scars on my heart?
The
skinned knees of my soul?
“Catch
me if you can....”
dashing
away again
you
open your arms to me
wide
and welcoming
waiting
for me to catch you.
