Wednesday, 12 January 2022

Fifteen-minute writing exercise day 3

Writing prompt: "Climbing" by Lucille Clifton

Hungry hands long filled
empty nest long-abandoned,
swimming, calm-floating the drifting currents of desire - 
maybe I should have wanted less?

Well-past the gnarled rope-notch marked 60
braids, if I grow them now
will in truth shine like slated rain

But still the sunshine falls
gold on the silver sea
still the white birds call
and the white stones mark the way

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