Frozen Tag

I remember you
running
arms outstretched
in the cool of a summer’s eve
poised between the threat of capture
and the joy
of freeing your friends
how you loved to
run under their arms
so they could
run
too

You always knew
life was a game
played in the space between
hope and despair
and I’ve see the way you love
poised between the weight of doubt
and the joy
of freeing your friends
how you share
a touch, a prayer
so they can
love
too


Maggie Rayner