i met a girl with avocado eyes
and bells in her voice
she sang to flowers
and whispered to mountain-tops
and she believed in magic

she taught me the language
of a creek’s chatter
and showed me how
to call each bird a name
to remember who they were

i made friends with
blades of green grass
and it seemed i always kept
a pebble in my pocket
because she told me they were lonely

she taught me how
to blow a kiss to a rainbow
fall in love with a toadstool
hear a tree’s heartbeat
and read a butterfly’s secret diary

she danced instead of walking
she laughed and the clouds heard it
she left me in a sun-soaked field
of impossible orchids
and i believe in magic