barbara

“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