Forest FireA Poem by Catherine O'neillmaybe it doesn't mean
a damn
that I love you
and it's free. like air.
but I do
and that is pushing me ever farther away
into a sea of self
I'm afraid
free is easy
and like the Redmen say
it don't grow on trees
I still hear those sounds of pines
in the burned out forest we knew
a lonely special forest cut from from the Ice
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Added on April 3, 2012 Last Updated on April 3, 2012 AuthorCatherine O'neillAustin, TXAboutI was born in Alaska. I was raised as an Air Force brat and had the opportunity to live overseas in the Azores, Portugal, where I learned how the other half lives. Not too well by the way. One of my .. more..Writing
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