I steal
deep into space, in the far field-
inches are miles these days
and miles can hold worlds.
I kick
imaginary balls into empty posts
and run tracks that dig circles
around the turns I cannot take.
The eye spots
white specs, like snowflakes, dancing
on the far side of deep ditches-
daisies making their own chains
while
les dents de lion
cast their own wishes out
into a breeze that knows no boundary.
All words and photographs by Damien B. Donnelly
If like me you don’t know French, I found an hilarious blog-post about the French words for dandelion, dent-de-lion or pissenlit at: https://francesays.com/2019/04/23/dents-de-lion/ 🙂
Such a giggle! I’m sticking with the lion’s teeth as opposed to the other, more messy option 🤔🤭🤣😂😅
That first stanza is such a perfect description of the way time feels now. (K)