~Visionary~

There is a pebble embedded

under my tattered nails

they are raw and ragged

caked with grass and dried mud

full where it should be empty crescent moons

Scratching at the surface

of the frozen ground

I was powerless

but once I felt

the heat radiating from

the core of the mother's belly

I knew Santorini wasn't so far away

after all

In the blink of a poet's third eye

In the bluest blue of the sky

In the blossoming of a lotus I

I could be there and experience

the scent of the ebony sand

the ocean smoothed stones

My fingertips are the guide

as the blackest black ink

travels across the

virgin white parchment paper

creating synapse avenues

completing the circle

Like bubbles of air

I slowly rise to the surface

where this time the earth

is my sister awaiting

my return home

Comments: 33

Connie C. May 4, 2012, 9:26pm UTC

Wow! That was amazing. I had so many visions as I read each section. How in the world do you do that??!

You are so talented

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ May 4, 2012, 10:16pm UTC

Thank you, Connie. Not sure how I do it. I draw inspiration from many sources, both external and internal.

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JOHN BECK May 4, 2012, 9:31pm UTC

This poem can take me many places, Michelle. I'm glad you posted, because I was worried about you today.

Marianne K. May 4, 2012, 10:06pm UTC

So was I, John!

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ May 4, 2012, 10:17pm UTC

I so touched you were worried. Just a rough week. This te the issues were others, not my health.

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Veronica Hosking May 4, 2012, 9:39pm UTC

Frozen ground? What is that? ;)

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ May 4, 2012, 10:18pm UTC

Anything you want it to be.

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Priscilla P. May 4, 2012, 10:00pm UTC

Powerful and quite beautiful

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ May 4, 2012, 10:19pm UTC

Thank you so much, Priscilla.

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Marianne K. May 4, 2012, 10:11pm UTC

WOW...such amazing musings of 'earthly longings'. I love it when you allow the ink to flow freely and abundantly, Michelle!

xoxox

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ May 4, 2012, 10:19pm UTC

Thank you dear friend. That is exactly what happened.

Xoxox

Marianne K. May 5, 2012, 1:20am UTC

:))))))

I was wondering after my response whether 'earth-y longings' would be more appropriate. Much the same, though, no??

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Len Maxwell May 4, 2012, 10:52pm UTC

So many ways to take nearly every line. Very nicely written.

Thanks for posting to the Wall of Parchment on The Triple Name Club where it's now featured.

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ May 5, 2012, 7:21am UTC

Thank you very much!

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libramoon .. May 4, 2012, 11:30pm UTC

quietly meditative
drawing in with scented breath
released as satori

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ May 5, 2012, 7:22am UTC

Gorgeous comment. Thank you, libra moon.

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Kevin E. May 4, 2012, 11:47pm UTC

I agree with Connie and she commented better than I could. Suffice it to say I enjoy all your work.

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ May 5, 2012, 7:23am UTC

*bows*. Thank you, Kevin.

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elizabeth evans May 5, 2012, 2:43am UTC

I had no idea where you were going with this poem and so I googled Santorini and found myself in a place called Akrotini as Saffron-Gatherers plied their wares. What an interesting place....

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ May 5, 2012, 7:23am UTC

Smile. Xx

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Darin Waugh May 5, 2012, 5:38am UTC

Nice!

JustMe ~I'm happy to be~ May 5, 2012, 7:24am UTC

Thank you.

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Ann Marcaida May 5, 2012, 11:54am UTC

When I googled "Santorini" it seemed to be a volcanic crater. The perfect place to sense the depths and feel the healing of Mother Earth!

Thanks for sharing with Gather's Luminous Writers and Artists.