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Birthday Retreat
we were between here and there ~ as the miles and moments increased from there ~ the here seemed
plausible and real
~ our cabin made ready with key under
mat ~
invited us into ravenous and passionate love making in the
middle of blackness until
exhaustion and an open window
coaxed
us into a sound sleep ~
wilderness wears a familiarity and dawn's glow shapes
sensation and
we woke in the woods to words of country you are in this place now
~ move into gentleness where honor holds no name and presence hears only
what there is to hear ~
leave off what you know,
leave off what you carry,
forget memory,
drop the pain
~ allow neck and shoulders to release
loosen all the way down and all the way up let swing the side to side ~
we found ourselves safe
protected and cherished ~
we found ourselves in the bosom of
Arkansas
wilderness. |