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Words from our writers

Now by Karen Gordon

6/30/2020

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Some writings tap into unconscious knowing. Such is the case with this one. It is a potent lesson that teaches us to listen to dreams, hunches, and our connection with the universe. I am ever grateful for the opportunity to write and share the pen's messages. 

(The following beautiful piece was written in a Green Windows workshop on June 3, 2020. Thank you, Karen! )


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Now
by Karen Gordon


We walk down the path.
There are broken bottles everywhere.
You point out one spot to me that is clear,
A little stream gurgles by and
To our surprise
There are live frogs in it.
Thru the stark silence, one croak then just a few more.
Overhead a crow caws.
This is where the car wash used to be. Over there are
The empty bones of the mall.
I guess I really thought we would be somewhere else by now.
Yet the air has cleared and we can
now go outside without masks.
The sky is a harsh blue
Beating overhead with brutal passion.

It’s five years further
I can still walk a good long ways.
It’s sad to say that
I do this alone.
You wait in the old house and
will greet me as best you can when I return.
We didn’t know it would be like this.
Yet it is so.

1 Comment
Tim Bradbury
6/29/2022 11:07:11 am

Karen Rachel Leah, you always were a poet, may your heart live on everywhere. Many good memories in mine too.

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