“Wetlands” ©barbara, FAWM2014, 02.15.2014
Lyrics:
ripples ease
by cypress knees
a mirror landscape dazes
in our canoe
just me and you
we stand out from the grays
you can’t drain a wetland
without loss of life
beauty forms to circumstance
Nature wields a knife
Spanish moss, a
garland made of loss
decorates the hollow branches
from our canoe
me and you
we paddle by in quiet gestures
you can’t drain a wetland
without losing life
beauty forms to circumstance
Nature wields her knife
herons dip
turtles flip
frogs in chorus surround you
the setting sun
another cycle done
their music has ways to ground you
ripples ease
by cypress knees
a mirror landscape dazes
in our canoe
just me and you
we stand out from the grays
you can’t drain a wetland
without losing life
beauty forms to circumstance
Nature wields a knife
barbara 