crafting paper planes

one

smudging crayons
on sketched faces
of the art she created
when she was 10.
so shy to reveal
the masterpiece
she crafted so
beautifully.

humming notes
thinking music
was her only home;
she collected
dreams so insanely,
bagging them up
into her little
totes of mind.

that little girl
of 10 grew up,
so old and tinder
still fighting
to free each dream
from her tote
of mind.

she doesn't
smudge on paper
with crayons
anymore;
she still has
a long way to go
before revealing
her real masterpiece
she once created
when 10 years old.