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A Journey Up



In the bank of the river the roots of a fallen tree: sickly pale, lumpy metatarsals, poke out and shiver. The tree is further down, flood dumped and gathering its own beach. I climb where birds have nested and watch out over the water. Sun plays in the eddies: some look friendly and some deceiving. Daffodils on the path are budded; a warm spring smell of earth, onion, water and a hint of baked dung; see how the light makes a flowing jewel of the river: I follow the path through the odorous ramson leaves, over tunnel mazes where badgers mark their territories with gleaming coils of excrement: amazing what there is to marvel the senses here. All the way up the loose steep path, to see the river shining like cut citrine quartz.



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nutschell said…
love the photos and the imagery of your words :)
Nutschell
www.thewritingnut.com
6 March 2013 at 19:38
Geo. said…
Beautiful. With the exception of baked dung, which I lately equate with identity thieves, our posts are closely related --but yours, as pleasantly usual, looks lovelier on the page. Thank you for providing this calm and moving reflection to a presently jumpy American mind!
6 March 2013 at 21:43
Lisa Southard said…
Thank you Nutschell :-)
Happy to be the bringer of calm, Geo- hope you get the theft redressed!
7 March 2013 at 22:28
Suze said…
My heart goes out to you and Geo.
8 March 2013 at 02:45
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