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To hold you the way
the shore holds
the river, this is how
I want to hold you—
that present, the way
skin holds the sweet
peach, the way lungs hold
air—that tender, that
gentle, that tight. Instead,
I hold you now
the way sky holds clouds—
too spacious, too distant,
too far, far away.
I want whisper near, breath
to ear, nigh as lullaby, want
cradle close, praise
close, soothe close, love
close, as if touch could make
everything right, want dream
close, promise close, close
as prayer, close as your
tear to my cheek.

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It would take weeks
to walk to your house, still
our hearts so close.

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This morning I ski
into the woods—forty years
later I ski out.

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The snow did not stop
when I said stop, but it did
not fall forever.

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Across the lake
invisible in the trees,
the crow in my ear.

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That ripple
never travels and it is
always new water.

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