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Love, look at how the river clasps the land, following its lay until the foot of the mountain, and never letting go. So I will be with you. And when the river lets go of the land, to fall, it is only to clasp the land harder yet again, and so I will be with you. So let me kiss your feet, as the river kisses the silt beneath, and let your dirt be the air I breathe. |
Copyright ©2009 Ashi Shadow- 10/01/09
inspired by Evening Song by Sidney Lanier. Liked his shore and beach, and considered using clasp instead, but decided to apply the clasp to a river.
* considered moving last line of 1st Stanza to first line of 2nd Stanza, it reads differently, and emphasizes first Stanza more, but I decided it makes the second stanza too weak.