I’m beginning to hear ‘I want …’ this or that for Christmas.
So why not ask for the impossible or the improbable? Ask for
peace on earth, friendship between countries … Ask for homes
for the homeless, food for the hungry … pictures painted on
the sky … poetry published on the front page of newspapers …
CHILD AND MOTHER IN A FIELD
Ma, you – practicing violin
in the middle of the field
and I want to sing the grass
into bright red
I want to swing
on the end of your bow
go flying up and down on the strings
be the song
humming out of your fingers
Ma, I want to tuck under your chin
with music running on my back
and you playing fire
Ma, I want …
First published in Atlantis. Photo by Andrew J. Weston