Infallible Dreams

What happened to Tessa--
dimpled baby
in her cradle
imagining,
spunky child
in the school yard
creating,
envied teen
on the dance floor
romanticizing?

What happened in between
valedictorian
graduating,
visionary;
bag lady
on the street?

What happened to Tessa,
infallible dreams?

(c)--Christina Cowling