Instructions for a Moss

Find a wall.
Send tendrils
into mortar.
Suck moisture
from the air.
Turn light
into life.
Tip-toe
your plush
greens
over stones
so slowly
no one notices
you’ve taken
the wall.

Happy Saturday.

Liz

April 9, 2016/8 Comments/by lsteinglass

8 replies

Lara Jordan James says:
April 9, 2016 at 10:44 pm

“Like.” 😉
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- Liz Steinglass says:
  April 10, 2016 at 10:21 am
  
  Hey! Thanks for visiting me here.
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readingtothecore says:
April 10, 2016 at 6:16 am

Beautiful, Liz! I love “Turn light/into life.”
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- Liz Steinglass says:
  April 10, 2016 at 10:22 am
  
  Thank you. I was happy when that phrase wandered by and I could grab it.
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Cynthia says:
April 10, 2016 at 6:30 am

Me, too. Fabulous.
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- Liz Steinglass says:
  April 10, 2016 at 10:22 am
  
  Thank you! Is it warm there? Can you send me a few rays of sun?
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Michelle Heidenrich Barnes says:
April 10, 2016 at 10:04 am

You noticed. And now the secret’s out. 🙂 Love “Tip-toe/your plush/greens”
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- Liz Steinglass says:
  April 10, 2016 at 10:23 am
  
  Thanks, Michelle! Tip-toe is my favorite word in the poem.
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