small peace

every month I return...
and am a child, back in Tasmania
waiting for the school bus
       (wild daffodils and wattle trees
       crunchy with morning frost)
in my corner of the world: utopia
filled with lush leaves and innocence
preserved in the amber of dreams

Holly Amber Graham is a Communications Major at the University of Washington. She was born twenty-two years ago in Australia: a place that inspires her still.