Little Cabin Rabby-Tack
Little brother
freckle-face
what do you see?
Lying on your stomach,
reaching into sea.
Driftwood fishing line
discarded at your feet,
squinty-eyed to sun glare
cockabully.
Little sister
scruffy-hair
what do you see?
Knees deep in low-tide pools,
singing happily.
Gumboots full of water
Feet and hands in glee,
sun-kissed glow of summer
childhood of free.
Little cabin
rabby-tack
what do you see?
Winter’s storms behind you now,
summers guarantee.
Bunkbeds ready for bouncing
no more you need be,
a happy place, a holiday
children’s memory.