Excitement palpable within me
butterflies dancing
fluttering wings beating
against my stomach
every year the very same
each time I am dreaming of
tall pines, pine cones
needles making
a blanket beneath the tent
heavy and green smelling
of musty canvas
and flags
waving on a line strung across
our site by dad
clean diapers drying
marking the spot
where the tent is pitched
a Coleman stove sets
ready to cook a meal
a lantern lit
lighting branches a reflection
a glow of campfire
the sky filled with stars
happiness overflowing
© April 2017 Renee Espriu
This is in response to Jamie Dedes’s Wednesday prompt which you can read more about at https://jamiededes.com/2017/04/12/played-on-the-jersey-shore-a-poem-and-your-wednesday-writing-prompt. The photo below was taken from the Morgue file & digitized by myself.
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