Stung


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Stinger
Puncturing soft flesh
Within seconds
Wilting the flower
I was to become
Now
I'm just a mess

Dana





~ For dVerse Poetics
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  1. ah sad...reminded me of elijah under the juniper tree... i put in your link at dVerse...

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    1. Thank you Claudia... I'm not sure why my internet is being so crazy and not wanting to pull the page up. It's done this once before, but I was eventually able to get it up.

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  2. so sad.. yes spring brings sadness too. Like a late frost killing the bloom.

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    1. Beautiful words... Yes, sometimes Spring can bring in bad news, but life goes on and we still need to bloom.

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  3. All is not well with spring sometimes.

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    1. Sometimes no, but these are the moments when we keep on keeping on and life is surely to work itself out. Thanks Mary!

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  4. Please leave me the link to your post for Poetics so I can visit you all back. For some reason I'm still not able to pull up the page. Thanks everyone and I appreciate you coming by to visit!

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