July/August 2022

I see the world Has a path Through the safety Of my damp Deep ditch Overgrown with The wild Like a snake Coiling around me My body long gone My eyes are intact I see the Sun blazing High I wonder Could I ever reach The sky? I have no body I know My clan and I Settled in a ditch With grass as an itchy floor, ladybugs All over Counting their dots So red so alive I see the world Through my ditch So lively So thrilling Analise Braddock, 10Katonah, NY

I have held my hands open forever I have let rain fill my hands with liquid Glazing them with a beautiful scene I have let life gift me with my soul I hold pride by holding my hands out I will hold them till all the green in the world is gone And put in my waiting hands Till the rain gives way and the Storms retreat to a forever slumber Till there is only me Standing there With my hands Open waiting Analise Braddock, 10Katonah, NY

No more than one soul Scattered the Earth Just one No more than one has been found On search for more Just one mind Compared to the nights’ thousand minds Every light a soul and a mind a Bright blooming star I don’t have more than one I don’t have more than one mouth, one mind, one soul Some have many I see They walk along Talking To themselves And asking In the reflection Of the lake “How do I look?” They wait for an answer “Perfect as always” They walk with Their many minds And a thousand eyes Holding a Thousand souls While I walk With one One soul One mind One heart One set of eyes One only Just one. Analise Braddock, 10Katonah, NY