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Disappointing Dirt

Defiant are shards of dirt which particle apart
Never to know their neighbouring flakes,
Not integrating, no squish of accompanyment
Forlorn separates which support not life, nothing


Beneath rangy weeds, breeze blows loose granules
Shifted without resistance, 
foreign adjacent land is theirs temporarily 
Only for necessity, proximity is parallel, merge free


Neediness discarded, only Heaven can help dead dirt 
Because the moments spent observing a scrappy tree
Beside withering leaves has hard expanding pears
Held by delving stem, fed, assisted, nutrient found 


Show me expired soil needs nourishment 
Requires deeply dug roots, intrusion, rooster boost
Sand blown syndrome suppresses realisation
Instinct drives attempt to be cleansed and extend




              23rd January
             This dirt hurts

Copyright © | Year Posted 2021




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Date: 1/24/2021 2:54:00 PM
Hopelessness personified, and so eloquently portrayed, the desolation in the earlier stanzas is palpable, turning to desperation as I read down, leaving just instinct as the basic truth to end with, fantastic writing Sigrid, hope you are keeping well I really do, cheers David.
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David Kavanagh
Date: 1/25/2021 2:47:00 PM
Yes indeed Sigrid, deposit that grime into a poem, you are a free spirit, I see it enter your work so often, take care.
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Sigrid Ermine
Date: 1/25/2021 1:43:00 PM
Bless your soul, David. You're very kind. I am better for writing this, it's a wonderful outlet. Oddly one feels freer after quickly jotting it down....

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