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Jun 28
poetry
Ice Blink

The Weight of Water

A shush engulfs the valley     and
miniscule flesh of roots skinned by travel   and
the whispering drizzle collects to cling on the tips of pine   and
as mist clears, my reflection sharpens in the water caught between sage old rock   and
drip, slip, condensation remembers its past home below the cliffs   and
I am rooted like the water   and
now, trunks, bark, vanish   and
stumps coat me in the valley   and
my mind-boggle-fog passes into clean sky   while
I am floating in a sea 



Soo... haven't been on here for a long time and I usually post art - but should be posting a bunch more writing as well as art as I finally return! So happy to be back to YWP (:
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Posted: 06.28.22
About the Author: Ice Blink
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  1. elise.writer
    Jun 28, 2022

    Great to have you back!

    Elise Cournoyer

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  1. aesythe
    Jun 29, 2022

    I'm happy to see you writing, because this is wonderful! I hear your words crisply, very enunciated, in my head, and I can tell you chose them with deliberation. Perfect spoken word piece.

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  1. Ice Blink
    Jul 01, 2022

    Thank you both so much! :) I’m thrilled you like it!

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