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Chanterelle
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posted February 16, 2021 07:59 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Chanterelle     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Where am I — and where else am I?
From this hilltop, I can see
the million miles of trails running through my mind —
But the way down is dangerous:
Deep mud churned up in ridges
and frozen there along the steep descent.
And when I say it is dangerous,
I mean I have peered
through tangled blackberry thickets by the water’s edge
at the bloated and darkening form
of a horse that drowned the night before.
Somehow the wild geese do not intend
to cast their reflection upon the lake
as I cast my shadow
across the Golden Gate Bridge...
And where else am I?
On a path marked out between shadows
of ancient ruins, railroad tracks,
and the hazy glow of evening light
on foul-smelling water:
Like a candle beneath a veil
of flesh and blood: that final promise.
But when I say it is dangerous,
I don’t mean that a young girl should fear
to cross that high creaky railroad bridge,
Alone with the Moon, walking slowly
and arms wide open.
It’s far more dangerous to feel
that the one whom you first
walked this road with is living
as a cracked and dried-out shell of life,
the light snuffed out inside.
I follow this well-worn path of lights and shadows
down to the water’s edge,
and leave a candle burning.
I keep my footsteps measured
the whole way there and back,
or the breeze from my passing
might coax the flame too high —
But where am I?
I built this labyrinth for wandering,
Spiraling downward, always,
from the crest of the hill
to the water’s edge.
I carry myself
back up, and here I am,
calmly waiting
in the blue light of dawn
and a brand-new empty horizon
which I slowly fill with color
by bearing witness to another sunrise.

(Another oldie —2002?)

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Randall
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posted February 17, 2021 10:19 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Oldie and goodie.

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Chanterelle
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posted February 17, 2021 12:55 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Chanterelle     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
🙂🦩☯️ As I said... balance is crucial.

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Randall
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posted February 18, 2021 09:03 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yes!

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posted February 18, 2021 03:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for HeavenlyLove     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Very beautiful, who wrote it ? 🌉

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Chanterelle
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posted February 19, 2021 08:31 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Chanterelle     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I did— anything by another author comes with attribution.

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posted January 22, 2022 11:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Pearlty     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Loved reading this! Much to think about and decipher

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I dropped out of high school when I was 17, and at least a couple of the people I was friends with at the time are no longer alive. I feel like I’ve been done with mourning for a long time, but I guess you could say that I still have a complicated relationship with my hometown. All the shiny new developments mostly look pretty hollow, if that makes sense.
(As a child, I can remember having wanted to be a meteorologist, an architect, a horse trainer and a hobo.)

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