Notice
Only one
hour
into our
poem and
it is clear
that
language is
too small
is only a
fingerling
underwater
swimming in circles to capture
icebergs melting
is only words
attempting to
contain
the whole
root canopy
holding up the
trees, trying to
gather full
heat
from the known
sun and the
grandeur of
a shadow
that could
have come from
anywhere.
And so we
use our eyes
which are
blind and
our tongues
which are
numb and our
ears
which convey
nothing
but echo
tones
and all we
have
is our skin to
touch
and touch
and
we hope
touch is
enough
to convey
what color means
and how owls
fly
without sound
and
what happens
to steam
as it rolls
from the surface
of your brick-red cup
and rises from
your loosely
clasped hands
to touch your
lovely face
and make us see that
closing our eyes is the
only distance
between us.
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