The Shell Maidenby `Foxfires

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© Aimee Stewart, Foxfires
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Shell Maiden can be seen in the inspirational Duirwaigh movie called "My Wish For You" - found here on dA: [link]

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The Shell Maiden

I come from the rain of sky and sea, caught
on the web of a shoreline daisy, braced low
and spinning in carnival delight with the
kiss of Pacifica's mist.

I come from the company of driftwood and seashells, bleached white as a wedding train waiting to be worn.

The waves roll like a wedding march
announcing the union of land and deep blue dreams.
They bring a dowry of tangled vines and sand dollar spines,
and my heart says YES to this sailors treasure.

I come from the flutter of dry seaweed,
no longer rich with Oceana's brine, and yet
adorning the beach with seafoam flare,
like rice and petals clinging to the foot of a runaway bride.

Bring me the delicacies of your wedding feast, snapped up in the yellow of a jealous lover's bill, for I am treading softly here on honeymoon beds of ancient sand,
inscribing moon colored vows
on the framework
of whales.

-Aimee Stewart- Foxfires April 2nd, 2009

(Poem written at ArtFest 2009 - in Port Townsend, Washington while in the class instructed by Susan Wooldridge, author of PoemCrazy and Fool's Gold [link])

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