Written by Lucy Kaplansky, Richard Litvin



I can bend back

And reach the days

When everything was new

When witches were birds that lived in trees

When dreams were movies God made for me

I talked to dogs

I knew why trees and kids cried

Why snow was white why people died

In show and tell

I talked about the shapes of clouds

And all the schoolyard angels who protected me

I am here and this is mine

I'm everywhere flying in line

Always looking for a place to rest

I hid in trees and built my nest

I made my nest of buried things

And the roots ran like secrets

Through six year rings

I found that secret places were better places

Nicer places that villains could not find

I do not lie

These places are mine

Now I lean and bend

To where I begin and end

I am here and this is mine

I'm everywhere flying in line

I am here and this is mine

I'm everywhere flying in line