4.23.2021

this was a welcoming

On my lunch hour, I stepped off
the curb at the green light, thinking
of the evening to come with you.

A shaking came over me.
I felt my body changing
as if I might be a tree,

not Daphne fleeing Apollo.
This was a welcoming,
the hour of attachment,

life shooting through me
from root to crown,
a shimmering crossing with no

turning back. 

[Norita Dittberner-Jax {see an interview here}, 'Crossing', from Stopping for Breath]

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