Edges
Words by Elizabeth S. Gilliam Hedgepath
Installation by Serra Victoria Bothwell Fels
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Installation by Serra Victoria Bothwell Fels
QuailBellMagazine.com
On the Virginia Carolina state line I saw a crow
She hopped, warily pecking gas station offerings
We are all feasting on something low
We drove to the ocean and then I realized upon seeing the sea
I'm always different at the edges of the earth
The middle of anything encloses me
I inhabit best when climbing up a cliff, fingers touching the summit ledge
Or standing toes in sand where I can step on the place
where the sea meets touchable land's edge
Am I a creature of extremes?
For though no wanderlust is in my veins
I push the edge and pluck at seams
That crow she could live in arctic or dessert
And fashion a feast of anything
But if there is one thing I've noticed:
My mother she is afraid of everything except for the sea
And I'm afraid of the monsters that live in there
I'm only scared of things that can't hurt me
She hopped, warily pecking gas station offerings
We are all feasting on something low
We drove to the ocean and then I realized upon seeing the sea
I'm always different at the edges of the earth
The middle of anything encloses me
I inhabit best when climbing up a cliff, fingers touching the summit ledge
Or standing toes in sand where I can step on the place
where the sea meets touchable land's edge
Am I a creature of extremes?
For though no wanderlust is in my veins
I push the edge and pluck at seams
That crow she could live in arctic or dessert
And fashion a feast of anything
But if there is one thing I've noticed:
My mother she is afraid of everything except for the sea
And I'm afraid of the monsters that live in there
I'm only scared of things that can't hurt me
#Unreal #Poetry #Nature #Fear #Mental #Adaptability #Mountains #Sea #Installation #Wood #Cavern
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