Adult: Third Place

*POOL OF LIFE*

THERE BY THE WATER’S EDGE

ON A STEEL GREY ROCK

THE SUNLIGHT RESTED ON A WIDE-EYED FROG

AWAITING HIS APPROACH TO ADVENTURE

FINALLY DECIDING TO DIVE INTO

THE INVITING WATERS

LEFT BEHIND GIANT RIPPLES, MAY RIPPLES

REACHING OUT, AND OUT

‘TILL IT COULD REACH NO MORE

IT’S JOURNEY ENDED

IN NATURE’S SCHEME OF THINGS

LIKE AN ECHO RACING FROM THE MOUNTAIN TOP

TO THE VALLEY BELOW

TO A GREEN FROG SITTING ON A GREY ROCK

BY A SUNLIT POOL

AWAITING A PLUNGE INTO

THE POOL OF LIFE

ENDING IN SILENCE..........

BY

MARY E. McFARLAND