Cue Nature

A poem and photo essay

We forge paths through bramble
     meander at a snail’s pace
We pluck cattails 
     chase ducks
     plunk rocks into brackish riverbeds
Cicadas rattle
Water hums
We flit and twitter like the hummingbird
     grazing pollened petals
     here and then gone
     here and gone
We climb thick, gnarled branches
     rest in dappled shade
Grit in our teeth, our hair, our souls
We crunch shells
     stack sticks
     scoop sand
Gorged on nature, dirt-flecked, gorgeous
We ebb and flow likes waves
     lapping
     lapping
     lapping
Fully ourselves
     together

This post is part of a blog hop with Exhale—an online community of women pursuing creativity alongside motherhood, led by the writing team behind Coffee + Crumbs. Click here to view the next post in the series "Fun Mom Summer".