Moon Light and Bare Feet

I see you sitting in the moon light

Your feet bare and toes digging into the sand and dirt

Along the banks of the Green River

I watch you deeply inhale the musty odor

Of the tumbling water

Making its way to Campbellsville

And the smell of slightly decaying vegetation

Floating just out of reach of the current

Along this 384-mile tributary of the

Ohio River flowing through Kentucky

Watching you like this

In your true element

Always takes my breath away

You so loved the water

I see your lips gently curl in

A grin of such bliss and joy

As you stand up and suddenly

Run into the river and

Arch into a beautiful dive

For a moment my heart pounds in fear

I cannot swim and I always dread that you will not surface

But you always do

You always come back

You always come back to me

Your soul always finds me

- Julie O'Hara 2023

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