March  13,  2020

THE   EAGLE 

AND  THE  RED KITE

The eagle twists and turns,

glides and slides across the

afternoon background  sky,

then soars straight into the sun

and the little girl  with just a red kite –

just a red kite -

realizes she can’t compete with

an eagle or the Rockettes or all

the adults in her world – ever ….

But what she doesn’t know now is:

the eagle will never know jump rope

or complain about algebra or love

the taste of pistachio ice cream

or shoot the basket that wins the

game or ends up as the homecoming

queen – at halftime of the most important

high school football game of her senior year.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020