in

quick fresh morning foosteps bring the light of the law

someone known well visiting for a moment briefly

she uses no door

a minds eye sees the blue gown, delicate

the thought of childhood hours

in the hospital daycare of Bethesda seems incomplete

green corrigation of plastic dividers in flourescent buzzing

a waterfountain by a window white

at the end of the tile laminated hallway

here is the light blue paisley birthday

a better sky much kinder eyes

a sense of knowing and being well, if invisibly, guarded

the gardeners of these seeds of starlight

tend the plantlings with a much finer hand

sitting with their planting

tending earth quietly

painting the morning dew