Take Me Away
Julia
Klatt Singer
You’ve
never seen the plains at daybreak
never
watched the sky for rain, never
heard the tall grass whisper anything
but your name. Never opened the earth
planted your life there. Never waited
for a train, the news it brought, never
found a song that couldn't be lost.
Never lifted the hair from her shoulder,
placed the only kiss
she's ever wanted
there.
written to Mark Stockert's Church's Ferry