The Talent

The Talent 

He often wonders where it comes from this need to tell stories; 
there is nothing in his upbringing or schooling
to give a hint, he can hardly write it is a struggle to find 
the grammatically right word. 
He thinks of water trickling up from the ground running
along the stony earth on a mountainside, falling on a lemon tree,
beautifully yellow fruit, not for the roses.
Sometimes the well dries, little rain has fallen, the groundwater
is hidden in a deep cave and he accepts that,
the world changes, but he has always got the almond tree
while waiting for the sound of trickling water.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Pigeon Tart Avatar
October 19, 2017 at 8:10 AM
Gorgeous pensive pen xomo
Hansen Avatar
October 20, 2017 at 2:17 AM
thank you, Maureen Green
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