The Place Peace Is Perfect
The Queer Vocal Voices Unofficial Spring Poetry Challenge
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Green leaves fill the places
Where I once could see the lake
Near the pier, where I like to lay
When the sun is set to bake
Tiny vibrant, violet flowers softly dappled on the ground
Take a look, any direction, beauty's splendor can be found
Newly thawed fragments of the winter
call to me from warm splashes in the waves
The air is getting hotter
And my pigments start to change
The birds have made their way back home
With nesting babies on the way
Soon they will be grown
And through it all, I’ll watch them play
The smell of summer is in the breeze
As the sun revives my spirit
While it’s blowing through the trees
Don’t forget, to stop, and hear it
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Kelli Sheckler-Amsden
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Comments (4)
Love the idea of 'the smell of summer' - so true! Great work! 🩷
Beautiful!
This felt so liberating! Loved your poem!
The cycles of living life.