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Winter, sunlight sparkles

through the giant trees, 
dapples the sidewalk where I pass

to the narrow streets, autumn,
darting from one dark place to another
to make my way to kindergarten.
There, the globe the teacher holds
beckons, “follow" -
to another world, waiting for me.
    ---Mary Elyn Bahlert, January, 2024

City light, Oakland, 1/2024, photo: Mary Elyn Bahlert

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