Her dress is snagged by briars

her hair falling down

She wears a ring of dandelions

like a halo

She says

I see the bird song

and hear time slipping by

 

In town

they say she’s crazy

I say

I tend to agree

 

She frolics naked by the meadow

chasing butterflies

she dances during lightning storm

only in stocking feet

She says

I can feel the heartbeat of nature

I can hear the breath it breathes

 

In town

school kids say she’s crazy

I say

I think I understand

 

She washes her feet in a clear cool stream

Laughing all the time

She chases moonbeams

like fireflies

She says

I can hear the earth weeping

I am the hurt it brings

 

In town

they say she’s crazy

I say

I tend to agree

 

She takes me by the hand

to the meadow

She sits me down by the clear, cool stream

She says

Imagine if angels we could see

the insanity it would bring

And I say

I think I understand

then I weep

and wash her feet with my tears.