Little Red's Story // part 9

red ran faster than flashlights, faster than lightbulbs go bad when you drop them,
she ran past trees, shrubs, and porcupines
(the porcupines observed this sprint ever-so-watchfully)
she ran past villages, streams, mountains, and roads that wove through the countryside of West Virginia,
and while running and swimming though air, she knew that running to freedom would take not be easy.

for little red, there was only one place to go: Tuscon.
so as the porcupines would tell you, red put forrest gump to shame,
doing so gracefully and without needing to grow a beard.
in other words: red had no fear.
she skipped over tennessee, hopped over louisiana, and did a cartwheel over texas.
nearly out of breath, she looked back and saw the sun, sand, bushes of cactus,
There are words between the lines
but she did not see the wolf.
There are words between the lines
because her optometrist appointment was only days after the wolfs….
There are words between the lines
And the chase of the blind leading the blind gave Hellen Keller hope that she too can live a fairy tale.

[author: unknown]