Donna
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I am hardly myself these days
There's a flow through me like dark blue waves
A tide come to yank and pull under
In the distance, drum-rolls of thunder
The reckless seizure that is storm
Blackens the afternoon, just born
Awash in emotional pain
An egret stalks through the rain
In the shallows of the pond
Between thrashing feathery reed fronds
At the edge of a silky world of water
Raindrops are hitting hard like a bingo dotter
The egrets bamboo legs patiently wade
A crack of lightning, he remains unafraid
Grief makes a sudden breakthrough, vows a trade
I touch the rim of sadnesses so it can fade
The egret, proud and sure in his tilt
Success always arrives, when faith built
A fractured heart dares to break open
This token of a moment has forever spoken
©Donna H.
August 18, 2024

There's a flow through me like dark blue waves
A tide come to yank and pull under
In the distance, drum-rolls of thunder
The reckless seizure that is storm
Blackens the afternoon, just born
Awash in emotional pain
An egret stalks through the rain
In the shallows of the pond
Between thrashing feathery reed fronds
At the edge of a silky world of water
Raindrops are hitting hard like a bingo dotter
The egrets bamboo legs patiently wade
A crack of lightning, he remains unafraid
Grief makes a sudden breakthrough, vows a trade
I touch the rim of sadnesses so it can fade
The egret, proud and sure in his tilt
Success always arrives, when faith built
A fractured heart dares to break open
This token of a moment has forever spoken
©Donna H.
August 18, 2024
