The Luckiest Girl on Earth
he stops to tie the
strings of her pink reebok's with
light-up heels/ as she
notices me, she squeals
I am this many holding
up one thumb two
fingers. They come here
every Friday for
ice cream, something
he has always done
with each of his three daughters
as soon as they learn
to walk. Trying to
focus on her shoes she talks
and talks, pointing to
the sky, then the tree
she says see that bird? He knows
me! Her father, the
ever-serious
one, all buttoned up, tied
and pristine, begins
to smile widely. He
knows her sunshine is too bright
to dim and she is
good for him. As they
walk away, she begins to
skip, heels lit and
flickering. Her braids
swinging, walking with daddy,
she is the luckiest girl on earth.
strings of her pink reebok's with
light-up heels/ as she
notices me, she squeals
I am this many holding
up one thumb two
fingers. They come here
every Friday for
ice cream, something
he has always done
with each of his three daughters
as soon as they learn
to walk. Trying to
focus on her shoes she talks
and talks, pointing to
the sky, then the tree
she says see that bird? He knows
me! Her father, the
ever-serious
one, all buttoned up, tied
and pristine, begins
to smile widely. He
knows her sunshine is too bright
to dim and she is
good for him. As they
walk away, she begins to
skip, heels lit and
flickering. Her braids
swinging, walking with daddy,
she is the luckiest girl on earth.