21 dragonflies
poetry

I hope the path lights up with
Fly
Fairy lights and the way we communicate is soft, and the
Fly
Hilt of the wings doesn't distract us
A fly is simply called a dragon
Fly
Which doesn’t make sense at all because the world
Fly
Fits them into skies
Fly
Where they don’t hurt anyone, at all.
She was someone’s
Fly
Sister.
& she smiled too bright for the village, but they loved her for it.
Fly
She saved them
Fly
With the way she carried out
Fly
The daily ordinary of her life.
I was sitting on kid pillows,
Fly
Downy comforters–
Fly
A just washed quilt–
Fly
Whatever kids love to snuggle most --
Fly
Pick one for me
Fly
I had the luxury of all of those.
I would watch the show
Fly
& I would put my palm on the screen
Fly
Taking in every sentence that she said