On My Trappist Rock in Spring

Verdant and solid, the ground reappears when the
sun wears the Circlet,
Tying year's end to new year's beginning; and meekly the
waters give over.
Silently ceasing the siege, till dappled and
calm, running smoothly,
Leisurely hurrying past to the sound of its
own cheerful singing,
Rippling and simmering, no end in sight, a
river unwinding.
Sunbeam nor eye nor stem or rock can
resist the resistless
Pull of its mighty inexorable weight;
born on its broad back,
Leaning low 'neath the current. Surging past
the rocks it once covered,
Breaking the flow to pause till it dips and
slides round the turning.

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Stitches and DMC thread used: Satin stitch leaves in 368 and 647 Stem stitch stems in the same Granitos blossoms in 3326 and 3835 Long and short forget-me-nots in 825, 813, 162, 3078 Long and short dark forget-me-not in 825, 826, 827, and 3078 Long and short pink blossoms in 3326, 3835, 818, and 3078 Long and shorted muted purple blossom in 3835 and 647

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