Then She Remembered

 

Walking barefoot in the summer sun
the ground so hot, eggs cook over easy
she sways with each step and gust of wind
a tinkling of bells as jewels about her ankles navigate
between the direction of her toes and the wanderlust of her mind
she fights to remember .... something for dinner
as her eyes follow the dance of dragonflies
the slow realization she's just walked a block out of her way
back tracking in her mind... remembering a mystery
until she sees one true thing
existing before the birth of time
finally free of the preconceived ideals
she once was forced to believe and all that's left
is the touch of the trees and caressing breeze
she smiles for the first time in her life
not with façade but with joy
then she remembers she's still hungry and sighs

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