A Child's Secret Poem by Katrina Harms

why is the ocean salty
why is the sky so blue
why
why do i love you

having have been
loving secretly
these questions
seem to stream like that
deep blood that’s only real when it flows

you made me feel so small
like a china doll
in a box
and sunrise seems so faraway

i wish this moment would stay
for just a moment
with your hands on my back
and the sound of nothing
unfolding itself

it’s like you’re lying by me
two hearts, mine rickety yours
fleshed and strong

saving me from the depth
of all that water

why can’t i tell
why can’t i scream
why can’t we be

why can’t i
wake
from this
hopeless dream