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November 29, 2011
By Jackiehunter212 BRONZE, Santa Cruz, California
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Blue black and blood,
Spill my secrets,
Paint my past.
My pedigree its fertilizer.
Dye the masts,
Set fire to the storm.
Paled in the salt,
With ancestral thoughts.
My Hellenic heart,
The anchor.
Demeter’s hands hold me solid.
While I lust amongst the lemon trees,
Caught in the olive clouds,
The Perpetual daydreamer.
Ti amo, la mia terra.
Ti voglio, mio palazzo.

© Crystal B., Gresham, WI

The author's comments:
This piece was inspired by my Sicilian heritage, and corresponds with a spiritual/inner emotional sense of love and connection to the world.
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