Olympia

OLYMPIA                                                                                                      By Jennifer Green

OLYMPIA

Dear, sweet Olympia,

The things that you could tell . . .

You, the best friend and confidant to many before.

A keeper of secrets and creator of stories

Sometimes giving so freely,

Other times cruelly withholding.

Though you’re silent now,

I can’t help but look at you and wonder . . .

What wonderful and horrible things you know,

Forever echoing in a sort of past morse code.

I gently run my fingers across your keys and contemplate

If I could be the one to make you speak again . . .