Meet Me By the Wishing Well

Meet Me By the Wishing Well

Do you ever feel
Sing-sang-sung,
Like all your dreams
Have already
Unspun?

Girl, meet me by
The wishing well—
Won't you wonder
If you don't?
I'll cast us both
A star-crash spell!

Pull every light down from
Cold-hearted skies so you
Remember how moonlight
Feels and all the ways silver
Falls and sunlight sighs.

Do you ever feel
Sing-sang-sung
Like all your dreams
Have come
Undone?

Woman, meet me by
The wishing well—
Won't you wonder
If you don't?
I'll cast us both
A star-crash spell!

Cinders and fireflies
Shine just the same,
So burn your spark
To the quick of time!
Never let your ember
Shadow and tame.

Do you ever feel
Sing-sang-sung
Like all your dreams
Aren't true yet
Begun?

Old friend, meet me by
The wishing well—
Won't you wonder
If you don't?
I'll cast us both
A star-crash spell!

Let's wander
The whole world over
Until we know beyond
Anatomies of wing
And mortal bone
The deep soul
Song of glitter
And glow.

-S.E.P.

*Ink from Summer 2021