come-see-about-me-creek

i like to go to
    the come-see-about-me-creek
with the grassy island
    in the middle
                           of the knee-deep water

it is a one-boot-full of water
                  leap
    to make it to the slippery bank

i go there
    so i can take my hat off
 and let the sumer breeze
      whispering up the creek bed
                  wash my face & comb my hair

it is where the shiny rocks
                  watch me
    through the splashing rapids

every creek bank
    has its own heart
 that beats to the endless tempo
     of the swaying trees
  and soothing songs
       of the nesting birds

every creek
    has its own crooked path
        to the yonder river

it is my own niche of time
    where no one else
        can find me
                         -michaelandorf