Rigney Deliso

I never knew

what it would look like

how it would feel

and I guess I don't

yet.

I'm just a bystander

I'm just an observer

I'm just someone

    watching

I dreamed

I was the sea

On the sandy coast

Blue and calm

Washing onto the beach

The early morning sun

Glittering off the soft waves

Peacefully

A few early risers walking

Or running

Last summer

I tried to avoid school

but also

tried to get myself ready

for the big class

for the hard homework

the stuff that never ended up

being a problem.

Last summer