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0 posted 2005-08-11 02:17 AM



I awaken within the bright light of midnight

   ~sign my name with life's ink~

upon the paper thin skin of a birch bark tree

and my arms feel the air as it rustles the leaves

   ~willowed thoughts~

watch the pale undersides of the leaves shimmering

   ~mosquito hideaway~

I step sprightly over the mosses and lichens
as they give way to the slightest pressure

   ~my tentative foot falls~

in the spruce tipped edge of the hill by my cabin
I hear a raven calling my name

   ~I fall to the ground~

listening to the sound of shrews burrowing tunnels,
watching as the scavenger squirrel scampers
tree-to-tree with his you-can't-catch-me attitude

   ~caught unawares by a determined black lab~

I wake up to find myself on the hardwood floor
of a small city bedroom in Oregon

~far removed from the land of the midnightsunshine~


© Copyright 2005 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2005-08-11 03:00 AM


whew! what a ride!
HopeS
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2 posted 2005-08-11 03:07 AM


Wonderful images and what an ending !!! I would like to be in someones bedroom in Oregon LOL , but thats a different story !

Hope

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3 posted 2005-08-11 04:34 AM


We were transported with you..and what descriptions...i enjoyed this..

Goldenrose.

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4 posted 2005-08-11 06:35 AM


Ah Kacy...

for a moment I imagined
you had asked for a duet...

and then did it alone.

~*~

I step sprightly over the mosses and lichens
as they give way to the slightest pressure

   ~my tentative foot falls~

in the spruce tipped edge of the hill by my cabin
I hear a raven calling my name

   ~I fall to the ground~

~*~

There was a very special give and take
that you left in your imagery...
of solid ground
and carrying air...

I enjoyed this Very Much!

LeeJ
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5 posted 2005-08-11 06:59 AM


Kacy, I'm lost for words after reading this...pretty darn amazing this write, really touches the core of what is...outstanding!  Thank you for sharing
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6 posted 2005-08-11 10:12 AM


Good morning! I've had this dream and a similar one several times since leaving Alaska. Guess it means I must not be done with that place.  
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7 posted 2005-08-11 07:48 PM


Kacy?  I agree.  You're not done.

Write on!

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8 posted 2005-08-11 09:13 PM


But still...in your sleep you can step sprightly. Sometimes, I suppose, waking up is a disappointment.

If tears could build a stairway and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

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