7.28.2021

miles across now. I can't tell how deep

Looking at you over on that other side 
of the rift that you decreed 
between us, I'm scared to see 
how hard, how fast the run of years
scours such a channel. Miles
across now. I can't tell how deep.

Talking, laughing, in the shade of the cedars

Bright and broad at the wide bend, 
that was a kinder river, where grace was.
Still the shadowy-sunny water
from a spring the color of peacocks
is flowing on down through the forest
a long way from this desert canyon.

Talking, laughing, in the shade of the cedars
 

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