Happy 3rd Birthday "Fine Imagery to Speak Low of"!
For those of you new, thank you for finding me. For those of you old, thank you for reading with loyalty (there are two of you). But the reality is that this is what I love to do, regardless of everything else, this is one of the things that keeps me present everyday: to know that maybe someone felt something or realized something or changed something, perhaps, from reading something, of mine. When you think about it, my blog is still a toddler!
So thank you for coming, send this to your friends and family! Who knows, maybe they'll like what they see!
So thank you for coming, send this to your friends and family! Who knows, maybe they'll like what they see!
On the Edge of the Pool
Dancing in the sun,
on the edge of the pool
a girl screams to her mother,
"Mommy- mommy!
Look at me!
Look at me!"
She jumps
head up eyes closed fist clenched
then fingering wildly flailing outwards
as if to catch some bar
some support
only to plummet down
beneath water tension
and legs kicking furiously up and out
hair spattered to face
mouth gapping for breath
saliva spitting out water.
She paddles looking about
eyes darting and flashing excitement
to the cataclysm she created.
On lookers smile at youth
old people fume wiping water off brow
and a mother chats with a friend.
The little girl gets out again
to walk in the sun
on the edge of the pool
to say,
"Mommy- mommy.
Look at me.
Look at me."
-Matthew Koutzun
