she was in the hospital waiting on the patients didn t have to twist her arm no such thing as leisure trying to break a fever and the blood sprays from the arm she takes a walk to pass the time she walks alone because she s all alone she takes a walk where trees are lined she walks alone because she s all alone we left her alone she dips her fingers into the slip hands form as the wheel spins making time out of clay the phone rings through the house calling on the landline and the cabinets are filled with clay she takes a walk to pass the time she walks alone because she s all alone she takes a walk where trees are lined she walks alone because she s all alone we left her alone we got on a plane and flew across the country and saw the biggest trees bigger than the ones that lined her streets bigger than she d ever seen bigger than one could think to exist i think i saw her say to herself this is everything i ve missed i saw a glow in her eye reflecting off the mountain s peak and that wavelength of light i hadn t seen it in a long time it was a beacon a guide showing the path out from the night into another start where the spaces weren t so far she ll drive through national parks with her life inside the car and when the phone rings it won t be people selling things i ll be the one on the line cutting bricks of clay with twine and building the bridge to share in her happiness