reach by James Morehead
August 10, 2011
reach
reach reach and unfurl smooth tendrils of silver thread set them down in perfect parallel lines set them just so a breath apart one by one by one until silver lines blur into shades of grey shining smooth and sterile into the horizon reach reach and dig out pebbles worn smooth by ocean surf set them down still damp and glistening set them just so a breath apart in geometric swirls opening ever outward until you touch shadows cast by the setting sun reach reach inside me for buried fears set each fear in metered rows or rhyming verse set them just so a breath apart until words become a blur of black ink and blank space then take my hand and close my eyes guiding me to horizon’s edge where in a single breath scatter those fears turning words into scrambled letters tumbling until gone
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