Head down.

put your head down

and tell a story

edged in wonder

backed by tears

make believe

the way children

make love

with words and imagination

and hands

set yourself up to fall--

empty space can catch you

it's not the fall that kills you

it's the realization

harder than packed earth

laced with glass:

if I wake up, this is over

this wasn't meant to last--

you think

but you're not sure, now

you never have been sure, now

so how come you're always making choices

hearing words voice their opinions

star-struck standing on two legs

landing ground canyon

candyland abandoned

tiny todlet trippers say hey, hey

let's play today until you're tired

then--

put your head down

and tell me a story

let's try for a happier end