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By Natasha Cline
Dear Ophelia,
My flower-crowned child,
You were too young
to have already learned
the cruelty men are capable of.
There is rosemary dripping
through your hair,
remembering
sunlight cascading over
your youth.
Gentle memories gathering in puddles
at your feet
when cool water was something
to look forward to.
You have filled my body with
pansies and fennel,
and I will harbor gently
your last thoughts
rippling towards summer.
Forget, sweet girl,
the sweet nothings
boys have whispered
to make meat of you.
You are more than
what your body has to offer,
and these things
you cannot drown.
My current will carry away
the last of the Columbine,
and with it, all the deaths
you have already suffered
at the hands of
unconcerned lovers.
The rue will flood my edges,
our tears mingling, unnoticed,
sinking out of sight.
Your unwarranted sorrow
already drifting away.
Worry not, Ophelia.
Daisies will grow on my banks
near the roots of the willow.
I would give you some violets,
but they all withered
when you died.
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Natasha Cline
Bio:
Natasha grew up in the mountains, and after a few years of traveling returned home to the University of North Georgia where she earned her bachelors in Spanish. She is currently a translator and has had two books published with Valpraíso Ediciones USA: She Likes to Cry While Listening to The Beatles by David Cruz and The Sky Through the Window by Roxana Méndez, both of which can be purchased here. She is a longtime language lover fluent in both Spanish and English and working on her French and Portuguese.
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Hauntingly Beautiful!
This is so beautifully written. It floats. The imagery is powerful. Thank you for sharing, neighbor. (I’m in Cleveland)
Beautiful. Welcome back to Georgia, Natasha.