Hi, I'm New HereA Poem by VanessaShe heard me utter my first words of rebirth and breathed my new breath. To prepare for my arrival, She washed the city clean. Her tears of happiness are a purification ritual, their baptism.
With the wind as a swaddle She said, "Let's go home."
© 2009 Vanessa |
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1 Review Added on September 20, 2008 Last Updated on September 28, 2009 AuthorVanessaBrooklyn, NYAboutI am October and a poet. I'm tagged and bound . . . silent and secret but never a mouse. I can be forgiving and understanding yet misunderstood. I am becoming each day. I am Victorian, a nerd, .. more..Writing
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