In A Bare Hug
for Ebony Bullard

what is she doing with a dress on,
dressed up, dress up in the sea

what is she doing all grown up,
affecting me as she does
since school out, since nineteen candles
were lit upon her birthday cake
and blown out

since that hug, hello
no one before or since
has said, I miss you so passionately
with so much heart
with so much soul


© Obediah Michael Smith, 2007
8:56 a.m. 29/09/07