Calico

What is the start of summer?
Is it a weathered hand holding a door open?
Is it a spike in the lawn with a leash?
A turtle in the garden moving slowly?
A kitten in the lawn?
What is saying goodbye, completely?
Her hand holding the door for another minute.
I lost at the game Sorry the other day.
Is that when I decided to leave?
I left at thirteen, when Eddie did.
We got up and left.
And the lawn was done for now.
And the summer sun was kind.
And adults helped kids traveling.
And Amtrack and Greyhound let us on for Free.
But I don’t remember it because you dont.
And something.
We came and went, but I was always gone.
And at the end she left the sorrow for me.