Caramel skin smoothed by caresses
tender, fragile, hauntingly beautiful,
deliberate in her movements,
observing all, yet detached…
I am a princess skipping by.
Will you be my attendant
and braid my hair in the sun?
Will you count butterflies
with me, and draw elephants?
I am a diva singing to dragonflies,
a Lady of the dance twirling for moths.
I am a child tiptoeing in the grass
feeding on daydreams and lollipops,
Mistress of my world, a visitor in yours.
Keep your distance.
Let me be.
Let me run with clouds
and live the wonder
That you have forgotten.
elephant and butterflies – http://www.georgebutler.org/images/
cloud by AnElephantCant
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That’s fantastic Emmy. Excellent poem and drawing, and I like AnElephantCant’s photo
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Thank you Al. Can you see the elephant in the cloud? He’s blowing bubbles… 🙂
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I could when you mentioned it 🙂
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Snottery bubbles!
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Still, it’s magic!
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Blubbery snottles
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Haha!
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So lovely. A craftswoman of words
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I am glad you enjoyed. Craftswoman…right up there with wordsmith? Smiling. I like it. Thank you D.
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AnElephantCant dance with butterflies
Although he is quite beautifully drawn
And he is so proud
That his wee pic of a cloud
Appears in the same world as Emmy’s magical poem
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AnElephantCan play with butterflies
swat mosquitoes and shoo flies.
today he makes Emmy laugh
with his not so wee photograph
When clouds draw an elephant
Isn’t a wonderment?
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Genius. Is she 7, 17, 27, or 77? She’s all, at once.
Masterfully done, Em.
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The quintessential feminine showed up at seven in a sultry morning sunlight…
It tickles me pink when you connect the dots I barely thought about.
Thank you.
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It thrills me when you throw out these dots, these tasty, gorgeous clues which my brain has to dance between to weave meaning 🙂
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No wonder we get along! 🙂
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John Zande, shame on you; you never ask a female her age lol. Great stuff Em, images are dreamy.
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🙂
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Glad you liked that. Thank you. it’s a lot easier to write than the long long piece ( albeit informative and gorgeous) you produced on AZ flora! 😉
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Haha you talk like my rambling is actually work. it’s all just mental vomit. Yours is craft.
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Your ramblings as you put it, are not vomit! Yeah, I tweak and prune some, but it is rambling too. It has no information whatsoever. Le 22 avr. 2014 01:23, “unbuttoned or undone” a écrit :
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I know. Everything I say is critically important to the spinning of the world, but ya gotta act humble for the plebes. You know how it is.
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I love the feminine playfulness of this piece.
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Thank you so much. I am delighted to see you here again.
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It has been a while Emmy. Thank you
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There’s a bit of carefree happiness in this, Emm, and it fits you very well. Contrary to the specious rumor that is circulating, I have not fallen from the face of the earth………, yet !!!
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Good to know! I am glad to see you here, as always.
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Silly wee Willy Nilly read this with dreamy eyes and forgot all about chasing the neighbor’s cat. “Someone else chases butterflies?” He asked me; as if he was the only one. I told him, “Yes!” It’s rare, but there are others that adore the friendship of butterflies and follow their fluttering path. A very delightful read, Em.
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Thank you my friendly dragon. I am glad you enjoyed that.
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