Soft Assurance
The feeling comes with morning, first light creasing the horizon, quarter moon high and the star cast of winter bright in the still dark west.
The feeling comes with morning, first light creasing the horizon, quarter moon high and the star cast of winter bright in the still dark west.
silent and still on the pulse of the deeper sea,
the water below dark, impenetrable,
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You bring your hand and eye to the wood,
feeling your way along the grain,
the smell of sawdust sharp and pleasing.<!--
We get used to winter’s gray lid when sunlight becomes a memory, color fading into the mash of leaves on wet streets and sidewalks, the