Lakeside, I am honey-drizzled,
in an inky trance, like tea
left too long in the sun. My arm
is a mossy log, lined with turtles.
My hair is silvery water;
my toes are pebbles. My hip is
a reedy island where
a Canada goose nests in stillness.
I’m steeped in fallen leaves.
Frogs are buried below my muddy knees.
Bubbles rise from my murky depths.
Ducks churn with webbed feet.
Heron touch down in twos,
leaving vee-shaped wakes.
My green heart skip-trips
like a tossed stone until
a snake slithers through the reeds.
Ka-BLAM, I snap back to human,
smelling fear, a long-dead boogie-man,
a water moccasin, thicker than a sapling.
I am Alice, awake, remembering
magic, feeling the mudcrust
between my toes but no longer in
danger of losing my head.
Copyright 2017 Brenda Davis Harsham
Notes: Being sick for over a week now, it’s a bit like losing yourself. I hope to come back to myself soon.
Reblogged this on Ace Friends & Bloggers News and commented:
Brilliant ❤️warming post and really enjoyed reading your beautiful words … Ian ⭐️😊👍
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Thanks, Ian!
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Welcome Brenda 😊
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Really like this. Hope you got better soon after this.
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Thank you!
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A Groovy trip of Fabulousness. And I hope you will recover fully from your illness. 🌹🌹🌹😎
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Thanks, Dorna. You are effervescent as always. XOXO
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You certainly get poetic when you are ill. I hope you get better soon but please don’t recover from the poetic virus. 🙂
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LOL I expect I’ll never recover from the poetic virus. 🙂
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Good 🙂
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Brenda, your way with words is enchanting! Lovely poem.
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Thanks, Resa! I had fun making art of my coughing at the lake. 🙂
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Yes, but you’re getting better, right?
The thing is; If nobody knew anything about you… had randomly read this poem, well, it stands on its own, brilliantly.
I’m going to buy a copy of Faerie magazine. I checked out the website. TY for the tip! 😀
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Thanks, Resa! I am getting better.
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hope you are up and out of the muck and back in the flowery meadow very soon –
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Nearly there. 🙂 Have you seen the wildflower superbloom in CA? If not, check it out, speaking of flowery meadows: http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-39671753/wildflower-super-bloom-seen-from-space
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Love this…and hope you feel much better soon! Sending healing vibes your way. 🙂
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Thanks, MarDrag. I’m draggin’ (read dragon) today. 🙂
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I am so sorry. Take good care of yourself no matter what anyone else needs! 🙂
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Good advice. Hard for a mom to take, but I will try. XOXO
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Never lose the Magic Brenda… 🙂 for we would all like to live in a story with a fairy tale ending.. ❤ xxx
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Thanks, Sue. A lot of us need our cuppa magic. 🙂
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🙂 We do.. and thank you for providing for our thirst ..
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🙂
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This was a mini-holiday in verse 🙂 The best kind of holiday! Thanks 😀
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Glad you liked it, Morgan. I wanted to spend all day in it, but I tried to make it as short as I could. I am such a wordy one. 🙂
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Word Away 🙂 No one minds here 😉
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Likewise. I have to swing by for a dose of Morgan Medicine. 🙂
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ooo I do like that 🙂 🙂 🙂
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I do feel healthier and more attuned. 🙂
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Get well soon Brenda.
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
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Thanks, David!
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Beautiful!!!!!
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Thanks!!
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I love ‘honey drizzled’. So sorry to hear that you are feeling unwell Brenda. I hope you get better soon. Sometimes our greatest work comes to us when we are at our lowest ebb. Take care! 🙂
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Thanks, and I hope to be all better soon. I don’t like being short of breath and unable to sleep from coughing. I hope you are well!
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You must be totally exhausted. Lots of hugs. I hope the coughing will stop soon. Do you find that honey in hot drinks help? 🙂
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Absolutely, but only for a while. Sitting up helps with coughing but not with sleeping. 😉
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So so beautiful, Brenda! ❤ I love the poem! ❤ And the photo too 🙂 ❤
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Thanks, Line! I was thinking of you yesterday. I’m so glad you stopped by. 🙂
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🙂 I was just here on the laptop and your post popped up, and it was just the perfect time to pay a visit and read your lovely poetry again 🙂
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And you left me a link to you, which I enjoyed, too. Life is good when friends pop by. 🙂
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Oh, yes! That it is 😊😊😊
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XOXO
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What a super creative and fun one! I see this in a book👍
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Thank you!
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