Wanna Play?

Toril "Wanna Play"

You beckon

I come

Yes, I know better

and still, I come

You are a thief

a deceiver

You will always hurt me

and still, I come

When you look at me

with those pleading eyes

and that beguiling smile

I can't resist

Time and time again

I come

Trusting your words

more than my own knowledge

Such foolishness!

Still, I come

By the time I see

the glint in your eyes

it is too late

Your alabaster teeth flash and

encircle my neck

like a string of pearls.

submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Artistic Interpretations with Margaret, Art With Toril

You Are Stronger Than You Know

Toril & Tully Collaboration "Beety Babies" 24 x 36

You are stronger than you know

The rain may drench you to the core,

the winter wind may whisper

that you are not worthy,

the snow and ice may envelope your heart

You are stronger than you know

Beneath your battered form,

your roots grow deep

Reaching for nourishment,

Sustaining you in the drought,

Anchoring you in the flood

so that when the sun shines

you may lean into it and grow

You are stronger than you know.

submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Artistic Interpretations With Margaret, Art With Toril

Fleeting and Precious

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Time stops

for a moment, frozen

The bay

hides her secrets under

a cold, varnished lid

Branches of tall oaks

sheathed in shimmer

Pine needles

ensconced in ice

Winter's toothpicks

Dogwood

dripping diamonds

Ephemeral jewels

fleeting and

precious.

submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Tuesday Platform

Note: I was inspired by the caption to a FB post from Dusty and Vicki Rhoades which read, "Dogwood dripping diamonds"

Kite

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I am a kite

My bones are weightless

I wear my flesh

like stretched silk

No blood runs

through my veins

Just insert a string

in the empty circle 

of my navel

I will fly

like a ghost

And you, fearless one,

will hear

the howl of the March wind

as it names my pain.

submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Flash 55 Plus and
The Sunday Whirl, Wordle 201