Through our Vines

The sun’s rays

Fought through fog

A wall built

Meant to be flimsy

For light to enter

And cascade through

A fragile barrier

Blocking the views

Of a brighter day,

Of a change approaching

That should be welcomed

But instead feared,

The first step

Into a beautiful oasis

That we can’t see

Through the dripping greenery,

The vegetation

That has been well hidden

By nature’s protection,

For reasons unknown

Until we realize

We hide from ourselves

From our brothers

Our sisters

To avoid detection

Avoid destruction

Of a view meant

To heal and rise up-

We hide our truths

To avoid the well known

Decay that is created

By the salt of our

Loved ones and our minds

The doubt that floods,

Flowing quicker

Than the stream that erupts

From the earth’s core

To quench our thirst

And our dying dreams,

That are turned to fireflies

That we watch in the dead of night

Their lights flickering

Dying out the longer we watch,

Turning to stagnant creatures

Because we didn’t have the urge

To chase them the way we did

When we were young

And carefree,

A light burnt out

Before we gave it time to shine.

Find the time.

Katrina Thornley is a nature poet and novelist that resides in Rhode Island. She has two poetry collections currently published, a novel, as well as a short story anthology. Her poetry collections "Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature" and "Arcadians: Wooden Mystics" were inspired by a local park and life in her small rural town. You can find them on Amazon now!

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