Thursday, January 10, 2013

January, 10, 2013
 
   Well, a very cold and rainy day. I like it when I don't need to get out in it. Not writing much poetry but I am making a little progress on The daily Write. Here's a poem a wrote late last year that I'm somewhat proud of.
 
 
Snake Water
I love the rain when I can sit
and watch it slither down
the gutters like a watery snake.
 Maybe that's why the reptile's skin
glistens like a stream when the sun hits
it just right.
And maybe, just maybe, it's wishful
thinking on the snakes part. Wanting
to become H2O, becoming something
more than just a snake.
For what reason? I don't know. Perhaps,
it's the lack of respect we legged thingys
give to creatures that appear so dark and
evil, that crawl the whole life long upon
their bellies... makes them wish to be
something different than what they truly are.
Better to be rain, I suppose. A gentle,
Fall rain, I suppose. A quiet rain that
doesn't hiss or spit when I try to pet it.
—rrw 1o-24-12



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