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Me at Three Feet Three
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Me at Three Feet Three |
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DarkAngelChelle Member
since 2001-12-06
Posts 87Kansas |
Perfect day -- bright, warm sunshine toasting shoulders, hair billowing in the laughter of breeze, toes and heels coolly damp in the drying morning dew. Tiny fringes tease bare skin where cut-off frays dance below the hem of a threadbare red shirt, old ghost of an image fading away on the front; Strawberry Shortcake's smile half-peeled from her face. Feet pick up speed, throwing up delicate purple petals, sweetly filling the air with a subtle perfume. Small, clumsy hands touch old, cracked rubber as the faint scent of dirt and petroleum causes even the fairest, freckled nose to wrinkle. My younger self climbs on top of the circular swing, brown legs tanned from months of play dangling in the open hole below. Fingers grope for rough rope, heedless of the harsh, wiry fiber awakening burning sensation as movement begins, a simple spinning, head tossed back in pure joy. Blue and white whirls above, immense open sky-ocean, faster, faster, until the color joins into a cotton candy mixture, punctuated by the vibration of motion. ~What is cherished most is what must be the hardest fought for.~ |
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Mistletoe Angel 
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (sigh) Soooooooo beautiful! (smiles) Your beautiful heart always weaves such beautiful visions of cotton candy happy faces and strawberry shortcake laughter! (smiles) I lov eit, sweet friend! (kiss on cheek) We all love you so much, sweet friend! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Michelle, thank you for sharing! May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
This is wonderful! I had fun swinging on that old tire, and could almost smell the years of road dust and feel that scratchy rope. But the swirling cotton candy sky was the best!   |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Chelle, A pleasent read, enjoyed. |
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