I Want

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1. Cynthia says:

   August 10, 2024 at 21:48

   The bay is deep and still again. Sharp rocks beneath bare feet. Everlasting storms spit fire, hail pain, where earthquakes scream deaf bile. Creation soars, clear high above so I can stop to hear. Tall cliffs drape me in velvet shade. Their voices beckon me. ‘Rest! Retreat!’ ‘You need to bathe.’ ‘There’s more for you to know.’

   ‘Where have you been?’ ‘Why were you gone so long?!’ 

   I wail that I don’t know. Scar blind, at least I’m home. Back where earthen maps first aided crumbling clay through evergreen a familiar fog envelops me. My sweet canopy of ancient roots sighs softly through my collapsed lungs. ‘You stayed away too long.’

   Now bones relax to chains in time to gently chime again. Woodwinds twirl up through my hair and kiss my face, then whisper everywhere. The echoing draft asks me to dance, to listen once again. They want me to know.

   I see you father. 
   I hear you mother.
   I know my beloved son.

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