gift

gift

to the eight year old
it is a most superb gift.
there it is.  red, a second or
third coat, tires- showing a bit
of use, a bike.  this steel tubing
and chain with two wheels
is a wild steed on the plains,
an airplane over high mountains,
or a truck with vital cargo.

now a wider world is open.
no longer is the world limited
to the other side of the meadow,
or the park down Dix Street.
now the imagination opens
to things that might be.

this is the first step toward the next
circle of the planet and widening mind.
the range grows and grows.