Nikomis

Shelby Larkin

Your smile sung out to sunshine

& carried it across ages

& every sunny day has a piece of you in it

I think of you when a butterfly lands gently on a Black Eyed Susan

Or a humming bird shimmers through the air

I think of you when a warm breeze touches the tree tops & they dance, glittering like emeralds

I think of you when childhood ease whispers gently against my soul

I think of giggling through trails in the forest

& you showing me the magic that’s always there

I think of dancing naked in the sunshine because no one was there to see

& the freedom you placed right in the heart of me

I think of you when the powwow drums beats

& my heart cries out to dance

You gave me those things before you left

& I’ll always think of that