horeh shakul
because she must
and the world is not parenthesized
never small at all
and her heart is even bigger
than any of it
or you or me
even yesterday
when she lived in the cup of your hand
with your bantam voice
the tablature of her days
the sway blessing
was upon her
and then this moment
while she sleeps in the cramp of your bruise
god gives you this: that
love is a circle and absolute
and so she binds you
now and always
ever tomorrow
and a thousand tomorrows redeemed
over and over
to lose what we gain, gain what we lose
and so love gives us
all that we are
because she must
because she’s blessed
because she knows
because she loves
there she goes
see her jumping the brilliant rainbow?
little girl in a hurry