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Swim to the Island

a poem

By G. Douglas KerrPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
Swim to the Island
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Blue watered skipping

more like a cutting,

to lake locked land mass

of get away with

night times, holding me

and obligation

briefly separate.

Towards that island

of clear starred lilacs

hiding in wooded

green field forget mes,

I hold my stresses…

now, I know not where.

nature poetry

About the Creator

G. Douglas Kerr

I am a hermit and sometimes come out of my shell.

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