मंगलवार, 15 फ़रवरी 2011

in a stolen boat








.

push off what seemed safe: The fishing dock,
pitch pines, children glazed to sheen
by ruthless summers. Past
.
the jetty, past the past, to open sea--
all violet and green, that choppy path between doom and luck--
Put your back into it, and row.
.

~ April Bernard
with thanks to five branch tree

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