Day 27. For you, we grew tusks

You were the first.

For you, we grew tusks.

Our eyes widened for watching.

For you, we learned

To make castles from dust.

We learned upside down, akimbo.

We saw lions

In ornamental grasses.

We circled you, walking sideways.

We slowed for you

While you sped

Your own circles of bright clouds,

Our orbits intersecting

For now, until the thrumming

Of your life shudders you free.