Believe

June 15, 2022
The dishevelled little owl and the first little owl
waited for the small girl.
They waited. And waited.
They circled...
and hovered...
and perched.

(Pause.)

The owls knew the small girl was thinking, 'I can't.'
They knew she was thinking she didn't have time,
and, 'What if... ?'
The owls knew something else about the small girl, too.
They knew she was thinking, 'There's a magic place...'
And, 'I could stay there without even trying.'

(Pause.)

And so, as the small girl was thinking, 'Will I?' and, 'Can I?' and, 'Maybe?'
the animals of the forest came.
First, the red foxes. Then, the deer. Then, the fish and the swimming things.
They sat and stood, bubbled, and looked.
They whispered wise words.
And she heard them.