And Auntie saying Don’t <br />Go too far so I can’t see you <br />And off you’d go off down <br />The iron stairs with the dog <br />In pursuit and the wind in the <br />Sails of your coat and the sky <br />Beckoning above and Auntie’s <br />Voice trailing away on the wind’s <br />Wings and you happy as the sun <br />In the morning sky making your <br />Feet rush across grass and the dog <br />Overtaking looking back tongue <br />Out of the side of its mouth and <br />You saying Go on you mutt run <br />Run and your young legs taking <br />You far from Auntie’s sight and <br />Yet looking back you know she’ll <br /> Be there hands in the clothes <br />Wash scrubbing away her elbows <br />Wet from the plunge and you <br />Throwing hands to the sky and <br />Saying Lift me up wind take me <br />To the great place beyond the clouds <br />Of white and sky of blue with just <br />The mutt and five year old you.<br /><br />Terry Collett<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/just-beyond-4/
