Ribbons

Ribbons
Of mackerel sky
Ribbons
Of sunrise
Ribbons
Of sunset
Green ribbons
In the three-year-old's
Hair.
Ribbons of footsteps
Up and down
The sidewalk
Only seen
At first snowfall.
Then to disappear
As inches
Accumulate.
Gold ribbons
In the four-year-old's
Hair
As she dances
In the sunrise
Sunset
Down the sidewalk
Backdrop
Of mackerel sky.