Fragile

We hold the umbrella upside down

Catch the petals falling from the sky

She claps and giggles

Like she has never seen anything better

I watch her

Is she inside or out of me

For one uncut minute

I don’t worry which way round reality goes

We are making noise

We are catching petals in the afternoon sun

I whisper to the sky

Do not worry about the dirt

Gathering on the hem of her frayed blue dress

You can wish it away

Let her have 

One minute

One second 

Of being breathing hoping

Rabbit will come soon enough

Tick tock

Tick tock

All powder dreams

And sticky fingers

I wonder if you know 

I imagined every inch of you

From your tiny fingers

To your little nose

You were mine

My delicate dream

In a world where I never belonged

I perch you in the wardrobe 

Keep you by the bed

(Just in case)

Perhaps you will leave me

Or I will leave you

But let’s not think of that

Until

Until

Rabbit will come soon enough

Tick tock

Tick tock

Of course I will follow him

The yearning never stops 

The sky stops falling 

We lay the umbrella on the ground

Gather up the petals

Quick Alice

Swallow them down

She gulps and squeals

Petals taste like rainbows she says

Like god’s plan for us

Once I sailed down a river in an upside down umbrella

Then there was a shop

It really was most peculiar

Curious I say

And we giggle

Dizzy on nectar and pollen

Do you know I imagined every inch of you

My delicate little dream

My artificial flower

Tied in the rain

Fragilely holding onto that wooden post.