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For Four Hours

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on July 3, 2023| 2 Comments »

Not that I was lost
as I climbed through
the rocks and meadowrue,
I just didn’t know
where I was going,
but every step felt
like a small arrival
and no one step
felt like a place to rest;
the trail was sometimes
too faint to trust
and my legs were tired
and dusty and I was
sweaty and sticky,
while on my face,
I could feel it,
the truest smile
opened like sky
above the horizon
as I moved higher
through each switchback,
the town below
smaller and smaller,
then gone.
 

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Hope

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on April 4, 2020| 6 Comments »

rm sneffels smile

Hope has holes

in its pockets.

It leaves little

crumb trails

so that we,

when anxious,

can follow it.

Hope’s secret:

it doesn’t know

the destination—

it knows only

that all roads

begin with one

foot in front

of the other.

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One Stumble

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on October 15, 2016| 1 Comment »

 

 

walking in the backyard

of the same old heart

this new trail, wondrous

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