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stream in the canyon
stream in the canyon

Stream in the Canyon


Janice Odell
Poetry

And now we take in

 

the fair, flawless,

 

purity of an unbroken

 

flowing.

 

This big love, like a

 

clear, meandering

 

stream in the canyon,

 

has faithfully shaped us.

 

Slow and silent, this

 

stream persists.

 

Its gentle carving,

 

reveals beloved

 

beings beneath

 

sand and rock.

 

I see you

 

when I did not

 

see you

 

before.

 

Within us, and around us,

 

and between us,

 

this stream,

 

without our

 

noticing,

 

has done its work.

 

And will do its work.