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Sunday, May 7, 2017

Poetry 111: A Meditation for Thoreau

A Meditation for Thoreau

Sitting for hours
in the doorway.
Darkness rising to dawn.



Seems every bird song in
New England has been
sung.

The sunlight ebbs and flows,
making the dew drops
shimmer.

A wind passes through
the maple leaves and pine needles,
creating god's own lullaby.

What else could I possibly do today?
Where else

could I possibly be?

Watching the clouds move across the sky-
forgetting me for this one forever moment.

Closing my eyes-

when the sun falls right upon my face-
feeling the glowing heat

move across my skin.

Am I dissolving or belonging?
Is there really any difference?

Maybe I will linger for one more
minute.


The doorway won't mind.

-Me

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