She Dreams of Running in the Bushes with Me

by Savanna Larvingo

(Navajo Nation, Crownpoint, NM)

 

When my sister sleeps

she dreams of being on earth again

as happy she would be.

 

She dreams of running

in the bushes with me.

 

Dreaming of our dad

and her mom

of how happy they would have been

to see her in bed, safe

and sound asleep

in real life again.

 

If only that drunk driver

didn’t drive that truck

he drove

when he was drunk.

 

She dreams of bushes

like bushes of oceans

that can go for miles and miles

that flow with the wind.

 

But when my sister wakes up,

she is safe in home,

a place called Heaven.

 

(originally published at http://poetwarriorsproject.tumblr.com/tagged/crownpoint-nm#/post/42419224289)