February
By onemorething
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February flows its reptile's blood
along the scars of my alluvial plains,
its forked tongue tastes for the lie
of Spring now in the snowdrop
whose white skirt has been threaded
through the green needle of a stem,
as the dread that resurfaces -
the bones of it spear
the hardened soil of my head,
and once again, I am reminded
that it is not easy to change.
It exposes the dearth of will and
slithered cold until I am frozen dumb,
until this stillness is later betrayed, itself,
in the bites of my own storms:
these ineffectual hisses, when I reveal
the vulnerability of my scaled underbelly,
and that I have transformed
only into a stubborn vessel of February,
that will borrow and borrow, as it retreats,
from the warmer promises of tomorrow.
Image from pixabay.
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I love every line of this.
I love every line of this.
Drew
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I really like the idea of
I really like the idea of winter being cold blooded. So much pain! But the Earth does change, it can't help itself from turning, you don't have to try, just have your eyes open :0)
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Magical lines. You are a keen
Magical lines. You are a keen observer of Nature.
Best wishes, Luigi x
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So much thought has gone into
So much thought has gone into this poem. We as humans are so much like the seasons, each one of us is different and that's what makes this poem real to me.
Jenny.
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Really lovely and I like that
Really lovely and I like that you've included the conflicted in- betweeness of February and how it can pull us in either direction in terms of climate. Snowdrops are a wonder. I love 'threaded through the green needle of a stem'
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Catching up - I can see why
Catching up - I can see why this has so many comments onemore - a wonderful piece!
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Re-tweeted as suggested.
Re-tweeted as suggested.
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