Lavender Memories

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If I could paint

I would paint the two of us walking

in a field of lavender

The sun warm on our faces

The bees dancing around our ankles

but never stinging because

we are so full of joy there is no room

for pain

You would tuck a sprig of lavender

behind my ear

I would nestle one in your shirt pocket

We would walk hand in hand

swinging our arms like kids

singing songs we make up

When we get home

I would place the blossoms between

dictionary pages so that when we open it,

scented memories would waft over us

This is what I would paint

if I could paint.

submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Transforming Friday w/Nature's Wonders

Moth Heart

I never fell for magic tricks

until I fell for you

You knew my cards

before I looked at them

Cut people in half

and made them whole

I was mesmerized

You made my heart disappear

under a silk handkerchief

and left in its place

a moth

The flutter of its wings

felt so much like heartbeats

I barely noticed it was missing

until the moth flew away

like one of your magic doves

I keep hoping you will return

to make me whole again.

submitted for Magpie Tales, Mag 255

and Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Tuesday Platform

Nature Bestows Strength

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Nature bestows strength on her children

Sometimes, we listen to the quietest voice

and the delicate flower is the most tenacious

Every living thing strives toward growth

Struggles to survive even the unsurvivable

Nature bestows strength on her children

Within the grinding chaos and nattering chatter

A breeze whispers through spring grasses 

Sometimes, we listen to the quietest voice

Storms bring down the grandest oak

A lone blossom pushes through a littered sidewalk toward the sun

The delicate flower is the most tenacious.

submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Play It Again Toads #13, Hedgewitch's Cascade Challenge

Don't

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Boy, give me a burger

I don't want that ribeye steak

I need a little sugar, but

don't bake me a whole cake

I'll stain my lips with grape juice

Don't go pouring a French wine

I won't eat no lobster, but

your sausage mighty fine!

I don't need no gourmet dinner

I'm not really in the mood

Boy, you know just what I crave

I'm hungry for fast food!

69 words for Mama Zen's Words Count at Imaginary Garden With Real Toads