“my rainbow died”

Published 12/20/2013 on Cliterature.

http://www.cliteraturejournal.com/dawncunninghammotherho.html

for Kyla

the pretty blurred colors
rain through the glass
make an unwashable spot
                                                 on a little girl’s toe

                                                 she dances with the colors
                                                 while a fist attempts
                                 
                to grasp the aired colors
                                 
                lifting her shirt to have
                                 
                a rainbow smile
                                                 smudged across her belly
                                                
 filling the buttonhole with laughter

today a wave
yesterday a wiggle
tomorrow . . .
                                               “my rainbow died”
                                               she begs papa to bring it back
                                               at ten a.m.
                                               on the hardwood floor