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Take a beginning
does it scare you?
those tiny green leaves
pushing aside the crumbled clay
that optimism of finding
a place in the sun
the few silvery drops
that slip from a branch
roll through gutters
heralding the deluge
first words on a line
a letter to your lover indelible ink
the first breath into the mask
as you submerge
suddenly gripped
by fear of drowning
the earth drying gasping flicking to flame
you can stay and fight or run run run
the small sound in the night’s airless dark
the coiling cold worm that lives within
living alone saying goodbye
how will you start?
With each breath push in a seed
get your hands in the soil feel the grit
bring water a gentle warmth
list the words you love take cuttings
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