I Would

I would
Wish for a long day
Like I had in childhood
The kind that stretched forever
That was only bounded by getting up
With no thought of the logical end
Of the day.
Those days of laying in the summer grass
Watching the dragonfly light
And the butterfly bloom
The spider catch the fly.
Full light, blue sky,
I can smell the moisture
Beneath the grass
Taste the nectar in the flower,
Later, indeterminate time
The call from the back door.
Grounding in reality,
Pretending I don't hear.
Go to ground somewhere else.