TODAY MY SKIN WAS TOUCHED
BY WATERS OLD AS TIME
WATERS THAT MADE MY SOUL SING
TODAY MY EYES GAZED
AS BROTHER HAWK
TOOK FROM FATHER SEA
THE FINNED ONE
FROM A MILE HE DID SEE
AND MY SOUL LAUGHED
TODAY MY HAIR WAS BLOWN
WITH COOL TROPIC AIR
MY SOUL DELIGHTED
AS I JUST STOOD THERE
TODAY MY EARS HEARD
MOTORS AND MACHINES
CHOPPING AWAY
AT THE ANIMALS’ RETREAT
COON TRACKS FROM FOREST
DOWN TO SEA
AS FRESH WATER
CAN NO LONGER BE….
TODAY MY SOUL SCREAMED
Sharon (Shilohlin) Pfeiffer
7/29/1999
Susie Mac
Love this poem….. deep and evocative
shilohlin replied
thank you so much. I appreciate your support!
Jan Landers
this touches me in a deep way, sharon, as i witnessed something similar and as invasive in the forests of arkansas….thanks for sharing.