I was just a hundred yards away
when I saw her slender frame.
If I reach out my hand,
I could embrace her between
thumb and forefinger.
She had her back to me
when I had the impulse
to run up from behind her
my intention to astound her,
scare her, love her.
Then she turned around
as if sensing hesitation
when the bleachers had collapsed
and my vision crumpled
over her fragile frame.
And, I was just--
a hundred yards away...
