Sonflower

27 lines on following tiny footsteps.

Jessica Ball
Nov 3 · 1 min read
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I see where you walk, my son

Wish I could track your footprints through daydream

Freshly straightened legs crash through shushing leaves

Making more noise than the sound implies

Eyes turned inward and through to an out only riveted for you

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Jessica Ball

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City mouse in a country house, training the trauma out of the family tree. Sharing 20 years of intentional observation with my kids and the eternally curious.

The Written Spoken-Word

Free verse poetry and fragmented monologue, jumbled together in a rich gravy.

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