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As Free As the Long Grasses

I am lighter than the wind floating on top of a current My heart is light I feel free and fanciful I envy no animal or plant today Passing ripe raspberries, I grin Glad they are they And I am me The breeze takes me past a field of flowers It is a gorgeous mixture of renegade florals there is no jealousy or regret n my heart I feel free to be me I am as free as the long grasses As excited as the wild strawberries As determined as this warm current of air To take myself to nirvana by way of the wind

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Shirley Hawkins

Date: 11/26/2021 7:58:00 PM

Long grass does blow freely in the wind. I imagined you floating in a flowing dress like a breeze and watching the deights below you moving gently along with you.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/27/2021 7:29:00 PM

I love a flowing dress; I am such a hippie!

L Milton Hankins

Date: 11/24/2021 11:23:00 AM

Aw, I really like this poem. This is a FAVE for me. The imagery is stunning, refreshing, vibrant. Good stuff, Caren.

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/24/2021 2:09:00 PM

Thanks Hank! Welcome back! I hope your vacation was wonderful!

Maurice Rigoler

Date: 11/22/2021 1:14:00 PM

Love this breezy lyrical, Caren, especially the title "As Free as the Long Grasses"! I also detect a Walt Whitman influence. Bravo! BTW, what do you drink before starting to write? / Maurice

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 11/22/2021 1:21:00 PM

I drink two cups of coffee with three sugar packets and a packet of hot cocoa and a dab of chocolate milk every morning. I cannot drink liquor, it makes me throw up.