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The Girl on the Swing

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a hand that gathers time within its sleeves,
the broken myth of love and desperation,
sleeps upon the swing, rocking to the rhythms
over the earth it’s victim, and life
like a young girl moves barefoot upon the hand;
she is lost among the green worlds below,
her mind a forest of exactitude,
a shelf life of thoughts
inexplicable darts of emotive force,
she glides upon the winds
where time like a loving father holds her, gently;
and, yet, she grows more desperate
with each day, the slip of sky,
an overcast of loneliness,
the sudden wonder
that he is there among the vines,
the flesh has spoken in its own rhymes;
the caress within the leaves,
the eyes that follow her,
the dance from tree to tree;
she gathers light in a bolt, a flash
of moonlight on the unbidden sea,
where neither…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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