Wings

When I was a little girl.

Windows to the world

Intrigue ignited, served,

A magnetic pull unfurled.

When I was a little girl.

Windows to the world,

My heart, sucked through

Swapped, was my point-of-view.

When I was a little girl

Windows to the world.

Sadness-soaked streets, overpasses;

though not at my feet,

Made not the hearts of humans hidden, obsolete.

When I was a little girl

Windows to the world

Glass was just film between me, them

Distinct yet delicate as surface tension.

When I was a little girl

Windows to the world.

"I will come back one day,"

My promises to me, & the pained,

The only temporary passwords to turning away.

When I was a little girl.

Windows to the world,

My mind enabled night-, out-of-sight- vision,

My heart imparted this, my forever mission

--TBJ (11/17/16)