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Texture Tuesday ... from the bluff

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     Where To

     Ignore the weathered pathway,
     the chiseled directions
     the far-off, fragrant promise.
     Ignore the wind
     your impeccable standards for safety.
     Ignore speed.
     Ignore
     the expectation of a handrail.
     Ignore the outlook,
     the voluptuous fantasy,
     the glossy, glimmered possibilities.
     Ignore your shoes
     the rip in your striped socks
     the small fissures of doubt or disappointment.
     This is where you are.
     This is the only place you can possibly be.

     Even if
     no one else is visible for miles
     and you want, more than anything,
     to stop the pending disaster of your legs,
     to surrender that piece of yourself that still hopes.

     Do not swivel from your purpose.
     Do not dash yourself against the sand, striking innocent driftwood.
     Do not turn around, back to the parking lot
     where your old car idles, leaking its silly, extravagant oil.
     Even when the sidewalk ends,
     there is a sea somewhere just beyond,
     waiting for you.


     ~ poem by Maya Stein


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Linking up with Kim Klassen's 'Texture Tuesday' ... free & easy edition
Techie mumbo-jumbo:  image shot with DSLR, vintage look created
added Kim's texture, framed.



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