Blood Blisters, Body Suits, and Dragonflies

Blood blisters

Body suits and dragonflies 

Stay awhile 

For a while 

Stained feet

Are beating at my rib cage 

With a child’s rage 

It’s okay 

When do we fall 

I wondered that today 

I almost prayed 

But I think its too late

I watch the paint dance on the ceiling

Feeling sad

It’s too bad!

I see kali staring right at me 

Feeling mad 

It’s too bad!

When do we fall 

I wondered that today 

I almost prayed 

But I think its too late

I could feel the wet mud 

Muddy up my fingernails 

I smelled the grass and sang apologies 

I could feel the tiny legs patter 

On hairy knees 

Entangled in the

Playground in the trees