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I've been away from the ocean for far too long now that my feet are craving the shorelines.
Instead,
I find myself grabbing hold of the dry earth with my toes.
Wandering through an oasis of beauty, smelling orchids, photographing clay stepping stones & getting lost on a wave of music notes from the songs coming from the palms.
I grow wild out here.
Untouched.
My heart soars.
I'm there,
still,
listening.
As I bite into a mango, the juices run down my thumb
then to my wrist
at the time, I was distracted
the sun
perfectly aligned with a milky-face, rosy cheeked hibiscus.
Beads of the early showers still lingered on its' delicate petals
Transparent
almost.
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