"Until I Leave a Mark"

"Florida Woodland"

by

"the wild magnolia"

i am...the hovering

mist

a cloak of veiled

light

the bold bark circling 

that tree

hung with leaves

green dress

sea shells waiting for

the ocean to cover

their nakedness

banners of pale

streak sunlight

penetrating the

thick of forest

water beads

sparkling

a top a hidden

slick of ancient

wood

brown wren

a twitter jump

from twig to

branch

lone cow

lumbering home

to barn and corn

wild horse

a pinto blaze

true white

indian red

royal velvet 

sweet scented

magnolia bud

jewels

blue rain

gathered in the

round

barrel

star dust

punctuation

of

night sky

blond wheat

upon the threshing

floor

wine cranberries

floating in the

wash

earthy soil

damp and dark

hungry for the

seeds

i am...”the nothing

new under the sun”...

the splash of penned

story words or mysteries 

spoken

fur person curled

upon a cobbled

hearth

sweet wild grapes

strung upon a

ragged fence

worrying wind

across lonesome

land

cosmic curiosity

seeking enlightenment

one moment at a time

human

face to face

dig deep

to 

fill the

empty space

aware the best

and worst dwells

in me

each day arrives

untouched

until i leave

a mark

sandra m. hagan (c) may 19th, 2011