Exquisite!

…lame to the edges of time,
 and she began to breathe eternity.
 
 She drifted past sacred moments:
 the creaking of the oars on the lake,
 the wingbeats of the white egret taking flight,
 the crack of a branch in the stillness
 and silence of the winter woods,
 the fairy joy of the dancing waves.
 The everlasting moments
 slowly quieted and stilled.
 
 They listened to the lingering lament 
 of the leaves outside.
 She squeezed his hand:
 “Do not …
The Continuous Farewell of Love
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Theodore McDowell
Jenine Bsharah Baines
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Jul 10, 2024
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Written by Jenine Bsharah Baines3K Followers
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J…Jen…Jeni…Jenine... Proper names are poetry in the raw. (W.H. Auden) Poet, singer, seeker, hippie grandmother gleefully revealing herself
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