Vigil

I held her hand
We held her hand in shifts
And she called us by the names of long-dead children
"Is that you?" she asked, and we all answered "Yes,
"Yes, it's me, Ma, me, Rita, me, Nana, yes."
I don't know who she knew we were but she
Knew we held her hand and answered yes.

Happy birthday Linnea

There was a girl
Who owned the world
And all the good things in it
She kept it in
A universe
And took it out to spin it.

The days and nights
Spun swiftly by
She loved to set them twirling
For seven years
Her planet dance
Has kept the world a-turning.