Watercolor and ink, 10” x 8”, Framed

UNDAUNTED

By Susan Even

marsh maidens in blue haze

mysterious aquatic essences

draped in moss velvet

spider lace

bonnets, snail-beaded

feather-framed

the ancient swamp oak crashes

disrupting summer’s bliss 

triggering the cyclic cascade

of loss and renewal

robust beauties

one resolute, one fearful

together facing

future’s uncertainty

the inevitability of change