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"roads and valleys"

ROADS AND VALLEYS

 

I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE

 

WALKED AND SLEPT AMONG THEM ONLY A BLANKET OF STARS TO COVER ME AGAINST THE CHILL OF THE NIGHT WINDS

 

WALKED THEM WHEN THE ROADS WERE ONLY

 

PATHWAYS

 

ITS VALLEYS YET TO BE

 

MARKED EACH PATHWAY, CUT DEEP EACH VALLEY

 

NOW AS I KNEEL

 

BEFORE THE RISING WATERS

 

STARING AT MY MORNING REFLECTION

 

MY HANDS WITH FINGERS BENT AS GNARLED TWIGS

 

CUPPED TO WASH AWAY THE NIGHT

 

MY MINDS EYE TRAVELS

 

EACH ROAD WALKED EACH VALLEY TREAD

 

THROUGH MY REFLECTION

 

 

jSweptson

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