Blue Birds by Caroline Starr Rose

Author:Caroline Starr Rose
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2015-02-23T05:00:00+00:00

Alis

“Good day,” I say, when I see her.

Kimi clutches my hand,

touches my forehead,

my heart, with our fingers intertwined.

She slips my shoes upon her feet,

stumbles in them

like one new to walking.

I unwind my plait,

motion to her

to fashion my hair like hers.

Here

I can forget

all else,

I can pretend

this moment

is how things always are.

KIMI

Alis spins about,

arms spread wide,

so like Alawa.

All I shared with my sister,

what I’ve pushed away so long

stirs to life within me,

like an evening breeze,

a bee in search of nectar,

a gushing stream.

I join her dance,

the world a blur of colors,

like the leaves that float at harvest,

the memory of a dream.

Together,

we spin,

fall to the earth in laughter,

leaves clinging to our hair.

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