beckoned
a gem amongst a terminal urban field   
to a child  wonderland
to it then  destiny unrealized

so far on from here  labyrinthed roads away
I can see
braiding memory to reality  changes narrative
revealing time’s aggrieved journey

but this is about a 
banana seated  rainbow streamered two wheeled  handlebars flung
girl
lanky body wind sung by delight
oh so far from home  it felt

as if an intrepid explorer
in an alien landscape   on mysterious ground   in a tantalizing world
invisible to everything

youthful eyes see the world from the inside
imagine
remind me of awe some

freckle skinned  lean legged sunburn nosed clorine haired
flying free
a spectral panoramic version not yet planed by life’s inevitable timing

squinty eyed just now  I  again
taste the palmed texture of the tree’s bark  its scrape against thighs  along arms inside  raw
experience

climbing  perched against its laiden branches 
these hidden stolen minutes
red juice stained nails  sticky fingertips  pop of swollen pips against bright teeth
fruit full  giving everything away