I painted
the scene
of a street
where a
parrot
sleeps in a
window
of a street
over
Deer Creek
where you're
holding my
hand forever

I painted
a scene
of the pine
trees
sitting
downtown
and the bridge
where you held
me back from
the ledge
where we
dropped tadpoles in
and said to them
"be free!"

you live on Winchester
you live on Diamond Lake
You live everywhere
and I say to you,
Be free.