santos scribes

she brings me a piece  

of sun-bleached white paper-

she wants to show me 

what she’s drawn at school today 

I see a dog, with wings 

happy and outside 

clear as day 

in its left hand 

the dog is holding a wand  

with a heart at its center  

to the left of the purple winged dog 

there is a thought bubble  

or a window 

or maybe it’s just a mirror 

‘U-O-Y  E- V- O-L  E- W’ 

WE LOVE YOU is written 

in perfect blocked print 

each letter placed brilliantly  

and orderly; inverted  

I stare at it a minute 

and then at her 

my precious, forever girl 

I close my eyes and know 

with that deep place inside myself 

that knows 

there is so much more to life 

then what our eyes can see 

our people are never lost 

are always with us 

are always writing to us 

with both hands  

from both sides- 

they send us postcards 

and love stamps 

they send us children 

and mirrors

author’s note

further inspiration and the line “with both hands” from Franz Wright gorgeous poem “PS” which was shared with me via a gorgeous weekly writing circle I attend lead by Liza Patrick xo, S.