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Autumn Leaves

volume 7 number 2

Nature's Gem

by Cara Alson

Majestic glacier
shades of
icy blue
glistening
like jewels
in the Land of
the Midnight Sun

Jagged fissures
ready to give way
sending chunks
into the icy water
don't turn away
you'll miss it

Sounds of
splitting
cracking
echo from deep
inside like
doors slamming
shattering
the frosty air

My nose and
cheeks ache
from the cold
but memories
of this will
keep me warm

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Copyright © 2003, Cara Alson, all rights reserved.
Accepted for Kedco's 2003 Crystal Dawn anthology on CDRom

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