“Painted in a Different Light”
By Katie Pope
It all began with
Excitement at the touch
Goosebumps at the brush
A wandering hand at every chance
Lips exploring without a plan
An escape never thought of
Yest something setting at he door
Before me to be explored.
Dominating my presentence yet
Providing shelter and confront
Never known to exist…
One question’s the right and the wrong
Of the actions before them.
Never thinking of myself
In the light the world would paint me.
Enjoying the time,
Learning at the greedy hand that freely gave
embracing the moment shared
Even smiling at the pleasure, we had,
The love shared between two.
Feeling as if I had won,
The luckiest one to walk,
Only to be told to keep the secret at hand.
Hiding and lying about all done,
What a trust given to one,
A trust returned with love and
Forgiveness never understood by this world. P
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Well, your Snacktime Sonatas made us hungry, and that’s about the highest compliment we have. Food — taste, smell, sensation — is a powerful conduit to the past, to memories pleasurable and painful and sometimes bittersweet, a mixture of comfort and challenge. Congratulations to Penny Fuller for Sativa — it’s a first win for Penny — a hymn to the “secret, unbounded/freedoms” of fresh peas in the pod. The narrative voice of the poem doesn’t really want to be outside, but finds joy in the green things of the earth; this is a lovely work of resilience.
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