Neverland | Shannon Wolf

we are the lost boys darling our mothers 

are out there somewhere we’re missing 

here together in a land of no mothers 

there are no women in oversized necklaces  here

no emptied bottles of chardonnay on our island

can I give you a thimble can I give you a kiss

wasn’t everything hard & unfamiliar before this

you have all these brothers & sisters

did they ever binocular the second star to the right

did they ever go straight on until morning 

because here it has been just you & me honey 

can we keep it this way I see mermaids 

in your eyes you see pirates in mine

are we the lost ones darling

think happy thoughts I can’t fly worth a damn

I give you this ring so give me your hand

Shannon Wolf is a British writer and teacher, living in Louisiana. She is currently a joint MA-MFA candidate in Poetry at McNeese State University. She is the Non-Fiction Editor of the McNeese Review and Social Media Intern for Sundress Publications. She also holds an MA in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. Her poetry, short fiction, and non-fiction (which can also be found under the name Shannon Bushby) have appeared in The Forge and Great Weather for Media, among others. You can find her on social media @helloshanwolf.