ash and dust mix with mud and fuel the Earth with nutrients from above the rain pours down and washes away all the evidence of yesterday birds still sing and deer still prance despite the nights cold and dark advance the night passes by and again the sun brings light and life to everything soContinue reading “New Day”
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Wildfire Woman
you’re upset because you can’t contain her you can’t understand her ups and downs she wants to be held close but she wants to be left alone so you try your best to stay standing still then realize she has yet to return now’s not the time to start the flame so instead watch theContinue reading “Wildfire Woman”
Little White Seashells
This is PART 2 of Little White Chairs. Click the link to read PART 1. He had been adrift at sea for three days. He was so thirsty it felt like his body had turned to sand. He was heavily sunburnt with peeling skin that was oozing and felt like fire. He tried to stay inContinue reading “Little White Seashells”
She Was
she was an old lady who lived in the woods she grew corn and flowers and fruits she lived with her dogs and with some old toads who helped her collect herbs for her bubbling stews she laughed away pain and sang away fright she collected firewood for large bonfires at night she chirped toContinue reading “She Was”
E. Lexi Abbott 