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We Say We Live

At one with life 
we watched ourselves unfold.
Seeds of thought 
that grew a time between us.
Creating space in which 
to watch our children grow
Floating on the sea 
that is our soul.  
Stirred into 
a separation of life 
We have become 
lost hinterland voices, 
A fracture from the whole. 
Our poet eyes touched 
by winds that carried us 
like leaves, 
Lost to our senses, 
Joined forever
to changing seasons. 
We are loosened 
by each thought 
Until we surrender 
The last leaf’s breaking hold 
Giving our ears back 
to the sounding bark 
Of beech trees calling,
falling into purpose 
And the easy comfort 
of our manufactured lives.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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