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Lake Medicine

Poems From The Porch

Diamonds dancing on the water

Deep resonant call of one bullfrog to another

Friendly ducks chattering as they waddle

Cicadas and birds singing together

Two gray squirrels hopping and jumping

Dragonflies hovering low at the pond’s edge

Sweet little turtle heads popping up like periscopes

Red-winged blackbird peeping and strolling

Cypress trees on the bank with one root in and one root out

The sky is messy today,

with airplane streaks and feather-white clouds haphazardly covering baby blue.

What made that fish leap out of its watery home into the great beyond?

Maybe she just wanted to confirm that there is more

or to get a breath of fresh air.

I have left the noun of my house, too,

to dwell in an environment that nourishes my freedom,

that encourages the understanding of life as a verb,

whose purpose is Love as process.

I’m glad I allowed myself to do that.

I wonder what medicine your soul needs.