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Horizons

There is something unquestionably
strange about the horizon,
always changing colors,
shifting its edges.
Someone is always
on the other side
pulling it away.

If I am lucky the lily pads will
welcome my soft steps.
The waters will yield to my weight.
The flowers will float aside
and I will grab your fingers
before you vanish
into the onward
bending of night.

I am told I am a sun sign.
I wonder of a ball of fire…
an orb so great
no darkness could consume it,
yet your belly swallows it whole
every eve.

~Christina M. Ward
Written 2009
Updated 2024

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Christina M. Ward is a best-selling poet and nature writer from the beautiful state of North Carolina. She studied Environmental Science and creative writing at Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina, where she was awarded the 2004 Arrowhead Prose Award.

Her writing, rich with imagery, nature themes, and raw analysis of human nature, has been published in the Cameo, Arrowhead, Wolff Poetry Literary Magazine, Vita Brevis Press, Blue Insights, Lit Up, Fiddleheads & Floss Poetry, as well as in various publications on Medium.com.

Christina’s best-selling poetry collections can be purchased on Amazon.

Christina works as a full-time freelance SEO writer and editor. Her professional work has been featured in Today’s Health Science, LA Weekly, Village Voice, Men’s Journal, Long Island Press, OK! Magazine, cbdMD, and VEGAMOUR, among others. When she’s not working, you’ll find Christina writing poetry, cross-stitching, working out, or spending time in the great outdoors.

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