a poem from long ago, today

Extension



   and I
    have
    a love
    for you
    as deep
    and as sweet

as a cool lake
under a mountain's wait
and a hatred as dry
and scorched as
desert bones

vast and calm -
the edges of how
   far I extend, when
I close my eyes

never so limitless

and a damp northwind
across a flat unknown
   terrain






Sean McGINNIS
oct 1999