Hot spring-nearly-summer golden hours,<\/p>\n
the slow heat under your skin, soft,<\/p>\n
child-like time spent as sweat skims down<\/p>\n
your back, your arms damp with it and yet,<\/p>\n
slow wind stirs and we rest. Eyes up,<\/p>\n
trees creak and whisper, long white birch arms<\/p>\n
drape, ruffled with leaves, and if you still yourself<\/p>\n
to childhood dreaming, you can see white dryads<\/p>\n
and nymphs, lazing in summer heat,<\/p>\n
their long white limbs burning with warmth<\/p>\n
as the slow wind stirs up ancient memory<\/p>\n
with a long, unyielding heat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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