BIG SISTER IS TELLING LITTLE BROTHER A POEM

Kisses
like Japanese paper flowers

opening upon
touching water

blossoming into amazement
to bloom for ever in imagination

your breath

(lace curtains dancing in the breeze)

carries carefully each word
letting it break fragile as a bubble

gently against my skin
your voice settling and unsettling my hair

the poem rising and falling
borne upon your breathing

like petals upon a stream

cuddled into you
a dream of a dream

forever you telling poem upon poem

your heart beating preciously
against my heart

I understanding completely
your mind...is my home.