A New Poem: Elemental

 

Elemental

I thought I saw you the other day.

You were shimmering

in the wake of rain.

You were dancing

in dappled leaf-light.

I felt you thudding

through my veins.

I searched you thrumming

in springtime thunder,

and found you

vibrating into my bones--

sensed you in

every taste touch smell,

but most of all

you felt like home.

I touched you 

in creek-smooth pebbles,

sounded you out

in river moans,

tasted you in every season

and never felt alone.

I sighted you flying

in the moonlight under

darkened silken wings,

Felt you tingle into my every nerve,

saw heard knew

you in everything.

Elemental as iron,

essential as air,

simple as a drop of dew,

yet, how often

I forget

You're there.

Copyright 2010, Elizabeth May

Nature Girl

Nature Girl

for Caroline Grace, June 2008, Age 5

Arms swinging, down by the creek,

muddy flip-flops flapping,

ponytail unraveling, she's

lifting stones,

shallow splashing,

rock hopping, eyes shining.

Palmfuls of treasure mount--

a feather, a broken tile,

a crayfish claw, a freshwater shell,

dragonfly wings, tiny pebbles;

a bleeding heart she packages

in a folded maple leaf.

Tale telling and honeysuckle smelling

down by the creek

where it seems

trees rise higher,

green is brighter,

and the air around her vibrates

with joy.

Copyright 2010, Elizabeth May