the heart of a poet

" . . . seek those which your own everyday life offers you; describe your sorrows and desires, passing thoughts, and the belief in some sort of beauty-- describe all these with a loving, quiet, humble sincerity. . ."

Name: Camille

Tuesday, October 01, 2002

Dancing in the rain is purely kinetic.

Feeling sharp dashes of rain slide down my hair, punctuating poetry with a zest. The sodden trails of wet leaves underneath my feet, soft and rumpled. Cars swooshing past, sending white sprays of water onto flowerbeds overflowing colour; gold, purple, crimson, as if a gardener reached up and took a handful of a particularly glorious sunset. Singing, feeling my voice fall in rhythm with the rain, spinning dizzily on a slender green pole. Attempting balance with outstretched arms, impromptu steps on cobblestoned squares, joyous pirouettes into hollows of reflective pools.

The greatest joy of adulthood is acting like a child.