hush …
Thursday, 26 January 2006
Posted by cerebralgraffitti in nature, poetry.
Posted by cerebralgraffitti in melancholy, nature, nursing, stories.
she had become a thinly clothed skeleton swimming in a white hospital gown. her eyes sunk into her skull, a sign of severe dehydration. days had passed since she last ate or drank anything per os. i stood there, recalling the spunky and often challenging attitude she presented the nurses early in her hospital stay.
now, those crystal blue eyes remained distant, and barely opened. as we repositioned her, i could feel death approaching. she did not resist, did not even flinch when we touched her . . . just continued her very tentative breathing pattern. her ankles and feet took on a mottled hue and the scent of death lingered around her. it only took a hour, maybe less . . . her spirit chose to depart when alone in her room.
Her family arrived within minutes, to pay their last respects – children and grandchildren – they took turns at her bedside. as i stood with the family, gathered in the hall just outside her room, we heard the distinct cry of a newborn babe . . . one of the children spoke: “hey . . .listen . . .”
we all stood in hallowed silence, listening to the cry of new life … the year’s first at that facility … as we pondered the passing of an old life … also the year’s first …
that’s nature’s balance, i guess
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seagull
Tuesday, 17 January 2006
Posted by cerebralgraffitti in melancholy, nature, poetry.
a lover’s cry mournful
seagull screeches bleed into
the lonely silence
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dreams …
Tuesday, 17 January 2006
Posted by cerebralgraffitti in nature, poetry.
the coastal cliffs towered, brooding
in the distance whale spray exploded
like fireworks …
they beckon us to their world
a veil of mist sprayed me
like a fender at a car wash
as i ran thru
the steel blue sheets of water
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ocean
Tuesday, 17 January 2006
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ocean tide ebb flow
ribbons of lazy water
rolling onto shore
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orange sheaths of fire
crackle spit dance flicker
sailing the forest
clear sheets of heat shimmy
cloaked in thin ribbons of white smoke
woodland bowels, scarred and scorched
felled tree limbs, charred
strewn in an ashen sea
majestic green canopy swallowed
by hungry inferno
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peach
Tuesday, 17 January 2006
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ripened peach, sweet flesh
bruised, branded – deep gash
exposes raw tender viscera
defiled
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blood orange
Tuesday, 17 January 2006
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mottled, puckered rind embraces
crimson crescents
drawn inside my mouth
inner skin feels taut and full like a wrinkled water balloon
my teeth sink into plump, ripe fruit pulverizing
juicey meat to fine pulp
blood orange bleeds in my mouth
swallowed
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rain
Tuesday, 17 January 2006
Posted by cerebralgraffitti in nature, poetry.
relic green tower
with outstretched arms
silently slurping
blossom petals
like opaque snowflakes
float to earth
languid zephyr
the weight of rain, heavy
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moonlight sillouette
heron solitary, skulking
stalking its next meal
poetry,heron, shore
