Where, thanks to the Sun<\/p>\n
my skin is paper-thin,<\/p>\n
I submerge myself in nature blessing.<\/p>\n
Portia\u2019s hand steadies mine as<\/p>\n
calendula is applied sparingly.<\/p>\n
International, ancient, remedy<\/p>\n
devised long before my ancestors<\/p>\n
stopped painting themselves blue.<\/p>\n
I drop down deeply into a part of me<\/p>\n
Only another ancient can be part of this process.<\/p>\n
Each time I drop down through<\/p>\n
I remove from myself another layer<\/p>\n
Drop down through another place<\/p>\n
I can forget<\/p>\n
Stripping though the dermis<\/p>\n
until I am left with my skin, paper-thin<\/p>\n
and a kind hand to smooth into life\u2019s<\/p>\n
dust jacket, skin food<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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