Stargirl

“Have you ever seen snow?”, she asked.

“Of course”, her friend answered.

“Show me”, she said.
“Okay”.
Up to the mountain, people on snowboards, the man-made snow grainy underfoot. Bluebird skies, 50 degrees out.

This morning
woke up early
just to see the sunrise.
Down through the 
sleepy town,
arm in arm,
with my best friend.

The sky looks like
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t
t
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d
stained glass and

The sky is filled today
clouds
every shape
size
color
whisking and piling up
in it's dome of reality

Standing on the beach
beside the ocean
unfurling waves
a little girl
with sundropped skin and

The sky is out to get me tonight
But I am not ready to face it
What I am afraid real life is
Is not what my life is like right now
I'm in a dream
I don't want to wake up
So I'll keep dreaming

So dream me silks and lace

"Tell me a story", she says, eyes shining.
I
smile, 
smooth my hand over the 
sand that lies rippled 
all around us.

"What would you like to hear?"

Wind twists through her hair and

For Everyone on YWP, 

I don't normally write letters, or tell people what I'm about to write...but this is special.