Kathleen Kroll Poet Free verse

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I was born too soon to go into space but love the idea of it. A very good friend recently moved to the east coast. There's about 15 years difference between us. My biking pal evoked such a youthful spirit in me. Favorite memory is cycling through huge puddle on path through marsh after a big rain last year. I was in lead and just lifted my feet off pedals and splashed through mud and all. Not too bad for a 70 plus gal.

 

Girlfriends Passage

The friendship train
Knows not space or time
It exists in a bubble
Afloat on airy currents
Moments flash past 
Strong as the steel
Forming life's rails
Seemingly permanent
Then exploding like dynamite 
Sparks of laughter
Light the night sky and 
Leave teary imprints
That plummet into the ocean
Tears become waves
Waves mingle with tears
The tinder box of joy
Leaves as smoke 
Occasionally clouding the past 
But never erasing 
Memory's  grip

The horizon’s hopefulness 
Touches our cheeks
It’s yolk bursting forth 
Arm in arm 
We disappear into
The calm of undulating valleys 
Twisted as a pretzel
Traveling at outrageous speeds
Hair  streaming 
Whipped not by regret
But by the smell and taste
Of something wild 
Billowing through our garments
Brushing our skin with 
Promises of immortality 
Legs flying behind torso 
Like Starfires caboose 
Freedom comes unbidden
And gravity is an unknown 





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