dedication

Here together
safe within this poem
I can not bleed
and you can not die

we can eat raspberries
right off this bush
without getting pricked

a warm sun
will always shine
on your bouncing curls
as you run across our lawn
quarter in hand
to meet the ice-cream truck

I can smooth your sheets
run my hand over your lean fair chest
feel your heart beating
as I tuck you in each night

But when I leave
the safety of this poem
I must leave you behind
on this page

I must return to a place
where
sun holds no warmth
food has no taste
where
mothers bleed
babies die

and fair is just a four letter word