The Healing Willow by J.L Glenn
the pale girl sat quietly under the elongated weeping willow,
to read the last page of a utopia novel assigned to her, by
an educator, who protested she needed more knowledge.
the bashfully shy girl was hesitant to reach the next page,
because it was there, in the company of blankets made of silky
white hairs and watery sap, that she would have to close
the stitch held, old fibers of thin sheeted text .
the creeping shrubs of the willow brushed over her
wavy brunette threads, and bathed her in salicylic acid,
which healed the silent pain that seeped through her forth chakra
green, exuberant sparks burst from her breast, and released a thick
cloud of fog that echoed as it passed through the emerald bright
flash of lighting, through the arms of the weeping willow,
and dispersed itself throughout the bland grey sky.
….”life beyond the written quill frightens me, and I
am quite comfortable where I am” …
J.L Glenn was born and raised in Augusta, Georgia. She has been writing since the age of 10. She is the middle child of two siblings, and often quotes “I have the middle child syndrome”. She lives in the Washington, DC area, where she is working on the publication of her second collection of poetry and short stories.http://www.myspace.com/makeup_dark_blemishes
