By sarah iristakeroot@juno.com
Date: 3 September 2000
twinkling
i couldn't remember what a sky
exploding with stars looked like
i remember days long ago when i could
lay down in the evening dew
hearing a cricket near my ear
and batting away invisible insects
i would pull at the grass
wherever my hands would fall
and i remember the sky, not quite black
and the stars that were set against it
twinkling away
as i would sing childhood songs to myself
and think about what would i of been
like if superman had been my father
but i forgot about those stars
and those dreams for a while
i walked through my days forgetting
no-quite-black skies
and the night dreams of super hero fathers
i would lay in the damp grass
and think that if i was lying there dreaming
someone would catch me twinkling in the
field of grass and mistake me for a star
and maybe come pick me up
and make a wish on me
instead i would squeeze my eyes tightly
and blink away lonely tears
that even then were too old and heartbreaking
for such a tender heart
i think of that now, and how my heart would break
even then, without anyone to come and toss
me into the sky
and sing a song about me
now i see the stars again, and i remember what they
look like, and the sky isn't black, its made white
with all the stars
and i'm dreaming of a superman dad again
because i haven't really changed, i'm still
just a young girl waiting in a field to be found
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