Light the fire
Rip off the robe
Hear the music
Calling you
Calling him
Slow, solitary dance
Under a subtle
Chunk of Earth
Orbiting through space
Warmed by the sun
Shining in
Another time and place
Smoky tendrils part
And I almost see his face…
© 2017 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)
Image: BONFIRE
Today
I flung a
Flower
Into the fire
For you
Commemorating our
Anniversary
Of separateness
Scent of rose attar
Floating to the
Silent dimension
Of your stubborn
Anger
I inhale
Exhale
Repeat…
© 2017 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)
IMAGE: Fire Art, Pinterest, no attribution
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River mink babies
Peeking at me
Pedaling my Walmart bike
Down the Starkey trail
In pink and orange dawn
Does and fawns
Waiting to cross
As we whiz by
Windy freedom
Interrupted only
When the dreaded hill
Is reached
But finally breached
And legs pump pedals
While the Withlacoochee
Whispers nearby
Three more miles
Then water and rest
Among green scrub
Controlled campfires
Hot Florida dirt
Nature at her best
Not five miles from home
And now Starkey Park
In the drought
Over 2,000 acres burnt
50 percent contained
Echoing all the fire-themed music
And I hear
The Trammps sneer
At the fire
As they sing
“Burn that mother down”
And my tears fall
But there aren’t enough
To stop the raging…
© 2017 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)
IMAGE: Starkey Park nature trail
YouTube video https://youtu.be/A_sY2rjxq6M The Trammps
(The Wanderer: Lu)
“Success through smallness.
Perseverance brings good fortune
To the wanderer”
Ah, the urge to seek knowledge
To travel, once again
Life is leaping into an adventure
Risky, yet rewarding
From the burning city asphalt
To the planet’s desert core
To swampy, humid muck
Finishing in finest, thin-spun mountain air
How I enjoy daring myself
Blaming it on the tossed coins
As I smile in anticipation
For age is a mindset
Until the body catches up
But there is still time…
© 2016 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)
IMAGE & JUDGMENT: I Ching Online
