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GAZING UP

 

Speed has returned

Effortless fluid fulfilling

Summer again

As I can now recall and reenact

The flight of joy

Across the beach

            Dodging waves

            High stepping through surf

            To dive into breaking waves

            Again the body is used in full

            Again I can fly

And to where

After all that has been learned

Am I more than before

Or has time left me behind

            To savor and enjoy love

            To be here fully alert

            As the coyote gazing up

            From his snack of windfall apples

            To then lope languidly

            Belly full

Not so easy coyote slick

Two legs and fine words

Build a life

But may not provide all the answers

For the searching type

            Until with a calm façade

            And a calmer heart

            We accept the failings

            Even of the self-imposed sort

Until all sights and sounds

Arrive unconditioned   

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