Pillow Walk

by Linda Lee Curtis - Aries

Pillow Walk

I walked back to yesterday
For an hour, while 
You were sleeping
Alone beside me.

I played in brush-cut wheatfields,
Caught a feral kitten,hugged 
It gently as it squirmed,
Loudly protesting me.

I climbed my childhood treehouse.
Its boards were rough as bark.
I greeted every star
That might remember me.

There were faces that once loved me,
Arms that kept me safe,
Although they had to
Leave me for eternity.

I returned before you noticed
I was ever really gone.
Tears upon my pillow 
Were there to welcome me.

copyright 2001 Linda Lee Curtis


Reason for writing:

    I was remembering Kansas, late one night.    

Birth sign: Aries
Date created: 2001-05-22 20:43:50
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:44:24
Poem ID: 62987

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