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Breathing Space

a poem

By Michele NampalliPublished 7 months ago 1 min read

The ivy plant drapes

on

bamboo trellis

vine and leaf an extension

of

one another

stretching wide  

like extended phalanges 

reaching its limit 

as it climbs down

tickling 

the white plaster

Inch

by

Inch

In t i m e

lovers soft kiss 

as it brushes

the wooden floor

complete

unconscious g r a c e

moving into unclaimed space

worn in

embodiment

of

beauty

Free Verse

About the Creator

Michele Nampalli

This space is breath for my sensitivity. The poems come fully formed. I've known for quite some time now that my art is about receiving more than creation...its the most natural way I know to process my inner world. It started when I was 7.

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