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It Was Impossible Until It Wasn’t

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on December 10, 2023| 5 Comments »


It was like an ice floe in December,
when the river builds up a dam of ice
and then backs up,
and the pressure builds
until the river is powerful enough
to break the dam down.
This is how it was when,
sitting beside you in the car
and longing for closeness,
I felt it, my inner river churning
against the wall between us,
and I realized I’d created it
with my own coldness—
and then came the rush of warm tears
and the gush of a desperate “I’m sorry.”
And in an instant
the dam broke
and the car was bank full
with thick currents of laughter
and I was so grateful
for the one brave second
when the heart knew the truth—
how we move forward
when we see how we’ve made
obstacles of ourselves
and then use everything we’ve got
to bring them down.

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Tanka

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on August 6, 2012| 4 Comments »

the river song
fills the evening—an homage
not to flow
but to what
stands in its way

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