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All The Green-Cap Mothers
I step through a willow gate
into May’s orchard
it’s where we chose
to meet this month,
this community place
huddled beneath sky
and spring blossoms
and so I enter an old yurt
looking at a filthy floor
more dirt than wood
slowly watching feet
gather through grime
it felt like a metaphor
so much bigger than myself
as I sat down in a camping chair,
poured myself hot tea from a flask
and thought about how it never changes,
my desire to see these women thrive
how it nourishes the part of me
that craves growth so badly,
to weave amongst arms
and it’s all I can think about,
as I imagine vines curling round canvas
and think of us all wombed in the faith
we find so often in each other.
I lean back into the cushion
thinking of life as a jungle
thinking of people as tendrils
clinging from one moment
to the next
earthing myself in
its strange, leafy magic
heart so thick, I could
no longer see the street
Published 7th May 2024
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- Edited 8th Jan 2025 8:45am
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8th May 2024 9:21am
Yep, heart is such an important thing to have in this day and age. It is the one thing to connects us to other humans and I just live for that these days.
Yes, yurts are Asian frame tents, but are increasingly common here. A lot of people rent them out for glamping experiences, but this particular place had one as an outdoor communal space which was lovely.
Thanks for dropping in to read and comment.
-M
Yes, yurts are Asian frame tents, but are increasingly common here. A lot of people rent them out for glamping experiences, but this particular place had one as an outdoor communal space which was lovely.
Thanks for dropping in to read and comment.
-M
8th May 2024 00:13am
Really nice write. No surprise given your talent. You're really good at expressing your in the moment feelings in a way that the reader (or at least this reader) can feel them too. Makes me almost crave a sisterhoood.
8th May 2024 9:25am
Thanks, my lovely.
I really love “in the moment” writes. I think they are just such a delicious way to capture thoughts and feelings and emotions at any given time.
We’ll have to get you a brotherhood… I’m sure they
exist!
Thanks for dropping in
-M
I really love “in the moment” writes. I think they are just such a delicious way to capture thoughts and feelings and emotions at any given time.
We’ll have to get you a brotherhood… I’m sure they
exist!
Thanks for dropping in
-M
