~ Raging River ~
Went down to the
rivers edge today-
jumped right in-
wondering-
fumbling-
all about-
asking-
where-
we're-
going.
Struggling swept away
by the undertow-drowning
strait to the bottom I floated;
could already hear the vaulters-
wailing together-at me from up under.
As limp yes lifeless to the surface I rose;
all-of-them pecking away; at my eyes... !
Time a drifter-is-never to be misconstrue.
My hope for another would be
this not happen-too-you... !
Mercy's given; mercy's-
shown, I figure-now-
if I'd offered more-
myself earlier, now-
with me this fate,
to have happened-
I don't know still-
this-way-maybe,
then, it-wouldn't.
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Copyright © James Long | Year Posted 2010
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