Newness and time and
Days spent wandering wild by
Things not said and cannot be
Said… by trails taken and paths gone
Down just once. I
Have been gone and silent. Quiet
Thinking on ridges and long walks up
Boulder-studded hills that take us to
Songs in the wind or
A sun-bright cold day in Rockies and
Beer bought on holiday days near
Hotels lost to time
And space. How do
We begin again? Is it just picking up
Broken things and mending them
As best we can? Or something
Deeper, more profound, more
Struggles to find old things in closets we
Cleaned out long ago. A shoe with
Holes in soles that was thrown down stairs
I cannot find.