MELTING INTO BEAUTY
Folding frogs to life
Hucking them at children
Skies darkened by the clouds
Calm comforting blankets folding over the valley
A single daisy leans with the breath of wind,
only to be trodden upon by a grazing sheep,
who searches for grass while waiting for the shepherd,
for he holds his flock back to recognize the fields they're going to.
The dust settles in our land.
The cattle have been fed, the horses stabled.
The grass blows.
All is quiet
Under the open, breathful sky
Growing for home, with tender care
Deep green, gently, holds our hearts
Just as my mother once sang
A soft wind comforts my warm body
Blowing over the cotton-crested lake
Waves roll in to kiss my feet
Freeing the uncertainty within
little shells, sunset skies, rainbows around every bend
hidden beaches and covered trails
in every moment and every memory
the island calls me home
The water provides me comfort
Pulling me in with a slight mist
Its warm hands wrap around me
Pulling me closer and closer
Windows rolled down,
hair softly flowing in my face.
The smell of warm rain
kissing the watercolored sky.
Sunbeams bend for
Trees that sprawl over
Hills covered in excitement
And hope
At some point, every reaching hand
And every stiff joint shadows,
Suddenly, into sing.
I mourned the death of our summer
The control that fell on us from collected clouds
My eyes grew tired of opening, and I have to wonder
What saved you?
The glistening water shines in my eyes
Looking back at me
The sweet feelings of the sky
Makes me feel safe
Silhouettes of barked statues lie on a bed of green ocean,
Virgin from the souls of unnatural mayhem.
Rainbow clusters sway, constant in their motion,
Whilst zips of blackish-yellow whirl around them.
Sifting through blades of buffalo grass
which come in waves with the wind as if a sea,
eyes of light illuminate the rainbow prairie
gray, yellow, green
Contributors (in order of appearance):
Steel Marks
Aspyn Chapin
Jocelyn McGee
Darbie deFreese
Allison Boettcher
Sophie Birkestrand
Anika Scheele
Maxine Fickenscher
Alizabeth McDermott
Tyler Micheal Jacobs
Kylie Burken
Jessie Bronson
Ben Popple
Isaac Haack