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Early morning
As the day breaks
She wades into familiar water:
A river walked a thousand times
Her home, the forest all around
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In the first light
As her voice shakes
She calls out, once, into the silence
Hoping that it answers back
Her name an unfamiliar sound
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She hasn’t been here in awhile.
As fishes swim around her feet
She wonders if she still remembers
How to great the breaking dawn
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Then she looks beneath, and sees
Each step has made a circle.
The ripples in the river
Have been leading her home along
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Comments (2)
Beautiful❤️
Beautiful imagery in this Joelle. Thanks for this serene walk in the misty morning light. Parallax of perspectives at the end a fitting 'bend' for the reader's mind... like looking at an object through a glass (or river) of water. Very appropriate and adds dimension to both the ending and the entire piece. Excellent work and thank you for sharing this with us 💙