for Nancy
Yes,
we fight
& love
our men
with a vengeance
it is because
we know the slow passage
of silent rivers
moving underground
deeper still
the volcanic pulse
of molten gold & iron
the spin of the planet
on its axis
as she dances
around the sun
all this moves us
to walk quietly;
what seems solid
beneath our feet
is violently & volcanically alive
we remember earthquakes
& eruptions
in our bones
Susan Daniels Poetry 
Hmmmmm! strong! overflowing with rich evocativeness, warm suggestivity and multiple levels of meaning!
Thank you… Nice to know someone “gets” this, even though the friend I wrote it for won’t ๐
I found it beautiful and intense, refflecting some of Nancy’s intensity, and also how close, trusting and intense your friendship with Nancy must have been!
๐ Nancy and I are both born under the same astrological sign. While I don’t buy into that line of thinking one bit, she just said to me casually this morning–Susan, we are both Virgos, which means we fight with our men constantly. I said, well, I tend to love him more than I fight him, but can do both with a vengeance–hence–the inspiration for women born under earth signs, and that’s why she gets some of the credit. :)
She will just say–yay Virgos, and leave it at that ๐
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Capricornians rock! as you can guess, I am one! Lol!
๐ Another earth sign…
I live with 2 aquarians (not sure of the spelling there–spell check wants me to change it to aquariums, lol) and a little leo (my son), which is why I am sometimes out of my element ๐