balm
- Jean Linville
- Apr 10, 2021
- 1 min read
April 5 - April 9 Week 70/72
my breathing deepens and slows
with the blooming of the lungwort
muscles knotted at the base of my neck
release as I look up to see the sun painting
dabs of pink on the edges of indigo clouds
and the heavy feeling in my heart lightens
as bloodworts with cloaks of green
rise up from deep red roots
There you are with all this exquisite poetry, and I don't even know what a bloodwort or a lungwort even is! Balm is such an interesting name you've chosen. I think I would call my period in Bomb. I mean, one of the good bombs, like seed bombs. Except I just pretty much went nuts and decided I'm going to patronize the farmers' markets, see friends, and use the yard for stuff insects and butterflies, bugs, bees, birds LOVE and that we can also eat if we have a mind to. It's kind of funny. It is going to be a lot of work, but now that I am over freaking out at buying this stuff online (almost $1000 o…