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Honorable Mention In the Mind’s Eye (Revised) Bonnie Hamlet The echo of delicate footsteps a child’s game of Hide and Seek “Home Free” –sounds of laughter a procession of memories Who is that in the garden? you’re not supposed to be here no children are allowed “Ollie, ollie, oxen free” A smile seems to erase the years such a wonderful game the big oak tree was home base “Come and find me” – soft notes float in the air Why is that voice so familiar? a solitary figure sits in a garden bound by cobwebs of a past that fled “Last man home is it” – melody in motion The smile reappears; sudden realization ghosts of the past have come to claim their prize blue eyes glaze over in an eternal stare “Tag, you’re it” A body; spirit now gone “Last one home is a rotten egg” No longer prisoner to frail bones and feeble limbs “Ollie, ollie, oxen free – You’re It” |
