Poem 8

Little Girl in a Flowered Dress

By Michelle Garren Flye

There’s a little girl

Wearing a flowered dress

In my kitchen.

So pretty.

There’s a little girl

Wearing a flowered dress

In Russia somewhere.

She’s lovely.

There’s a little girl

Wearing a flowered dress

In Syria.

Her father says it’s time to go.

Time to run.

They’re coming.

She grabs her favorite doll.

Takes her little brother by the hand.

And they run into the street.