After Isabella and Katherine Adams’ Paper for Water installation,
                                   in Dallas, “From Fold to Flight,” June 23, 2018


Four thousand origami butterflies hovering
over ice/ young women training younger women
control—of body/ of muscles/ of every flutter
of lashes as they skate to music
only they can hear.

Above/ seven shades of paper come alive
with four stories of urban breath/ pink/
tomato/tangerine/banana/lime/cornflower and grape;
the creation of two children raising
awareness of lack of water
around the world.

I fold myself against the glass/
crease my body over the rail/
seek every ghost of a past-tense seam/
alone/ but not alone/ but alone/ and I
fade in the rising sun
and the effect
and the hope

of butterflies/
of children/

of the heart
and other

fragile
things.