someday i will stand
barefoot beneath a blue sky and i will
feel you separated from me by
only a thin layer of skin and membrane and
you will be me but not at all me
and someday you will run to me with
muddy hands and
pull on my shirt and
lay your head in that warm place between
my neck and my shoulder and
you will be mine but not at all mine
and today is not those days but
i can feel you tight around me
and i would use words like “awed” but i am not
thinking of me i am thinking of you and
you are all and entirely, love
Cindy Baldwin is currently pursuing a degree in creative writing from BYU-Idaho. One of these days, she might even graduate. She lives in Rexburg, Idaho, with her husband and spends her time writing, decorating her apartment, and wishing it didn’t snow so much.
