What i am

i see through walls
walk on top of them
grow little flowers all over
and then break down the walls
i am seven years old
dress teddy bears as princesses
wear pink high heels
and steal mom’s makeup
i am five years old
fight with dragons
build lego skyscrapers
and fly with birds
i am a single streetlight
at the corner of the corn field
marking where civilization
meets america
i am unstructured and out there
inside and uncomfortable
proposing a turn
not caring whether you follow
can you guess?

©bonnie pignatiello leer
(Published in the Wilderness House Literary Review, Jan 2008)