Can I be little today?
Shrink out of this monkey suit
Crawl across the carpet and lay
Flat on my back
Tell Netflix I’m not still watching
Tell my phone to shut itself down
Tell my eyes and ears and mouth to close
My mind to close
Whatever that means.
Little today. Just have a little day?
And not be joy’s thief
And not assess dreams
Weighing whether
It’s too early to give up on them
This weight is big
Bigger than I thought
When I was little.
When I was little
The world was my oyster
Collector of pearls
“Lulu” in Arabic
I know because I’ve traveled
Lived in strange places
Learned to be foreign
Not learned to be content.
Can I be little today?
So choices can’t affect me
So there aren’t so many
Things to want or count or buy
So I can still be anything
Curious of everything
Lacking nothing
So I can just lie
Little
There on the floor
Mind still
Grounded.