Somehow I knew his mask was porcelain –impossible to hide the soul’s lightreflected in troubled eyes… I played along though,humoured his self-deceptionnodded at assertions of calm Knew that one day the facade would crackthe mask would slip and the rage escape Why I didn’t run; I do not knowMaybe it was recognition –my own countenance […]
Wrapped in reptilian attire, changeclimbs aboard my well-intentioned schemelike a boa constrictor – disarming me I am more inconvenienced than repulsed –after all, snake is my power animal,Or so the seer said…many years ago Days when I would wear the scalycomportment of power – invitetransformation- my essence a seeker But I am trying to settle […]
Met a bear who proclaimed himself to be a man;knew the instant I spotted him – lumberinggait approaching – that he was an animal,feared for my safety, would have retreated stayed at my mother’s side – sheltered infamiliarity – were I not so fixated on hisblatant woundedness. Sympathy blindingsensibility, i listened, hypnotized by the whiteness […]
One Woman's Quest II 
Beautiful.
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Thank you!
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Beautiful, VJ., and it’s nice to see and read about the warm days of summer.
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Thanks Eugenia. I agree. Nice to be reminded.
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A lovely poem to accompany the lush and verdant scenes, V.J. Thank goodness for the magic of photos to transport us to cherished moments.
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Thanks Tanja. It is wonderful to be reminded of sunnier times.
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They WILL return. Hang in there!
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Incredibly beautiful V.J.! ❤
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Glad you like it, Deborah. Thanks.
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Love this! I miss summer and all the greens.
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Thanks Lauren.
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What a beautiful and tempting photograph and verse. I look forward to seeing green outside my window again!! (well, besides the evergreens…)
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Thank you.
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You’re welcome!
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I’m counting down the days and counting up the temperature degrees – but it still seems too far away 😦
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It does! We’re feeling the draw of the southern warmth. Might have to do a road trip.
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might have to join you 😉
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Always room for one more! I can just imagine the conversation on the way down…or the fertile silence of poets minds churning.
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stop tempting me!
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Lol.
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