Heather in the Blue Mountains

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River Song

A Poem

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Heather Dickinson
May 04, 2024
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Cool water rushing,
Feet finding secret places.

I am one with the running water;
Cicada song hums
Beneath summer-warmed flesh,
Primitive heartbeat.

I tread softly in the sacred
A feral child
With Creation-singing
Deep
In my bones.

(21 July 2020)

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