ELLEN FAIR

St. Petersburg, Florida
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Lithia and Beyond...
( c 1999 )

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In west central Florida there is a spring...Lithia Spring...where the purest water
and haunting sounds forever herald a day, one spring, long ago
...his name was Frank...
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sounds
taking the shape of yesterday
clear waters around
profound
unspeakable beauty
that keeps on growing

time-worn memories
the effervescing spring
blue, unclouded
unrouted
undemanding, liberated
the forever spring

colors of life
prancing through thoughts
dreams fly
up high
following the sun
and awakening there

now feeding on that day
years ago, holding
onto stars
afar
and the colors, as
colors go

the memory keeps on growing
never will there be a
spring so blue
or you
we are beyond Lithia
but never that day

MITCHELL COUNTY GA
(c 1997)

Daddy always said he married the
prettiest girl in Mitchell County
and brought her to Florida to
"engrace the state."
But he left a lot of that grace in
Mitchell County
Ask anyone who lives there

Driving down a canopied road,
the old methodist church , even
more picturesque than I remembered,
still faithfully guards the old cemetery that
peacefully cradles members of my
family past.
The mirrored pond, framed by
reflections of cypress
and spanish moss,
whispered back to me the secrets I
entrusted to it in my childhood.

Going back down the lonely road
the mile long field seemed to wave
a tearful goodbye.
As I crossed the Florida line,
the songbirds said hello.
But...just for a moment...
in my thoughts...
I was the prettiest girl
in Mitchell County

SECRET SPHERE
copyright 1998

In a starry white path
this night I linger
for daylight will disavow
this secret sphere
where angels
lay down their wings
and fly alone