back to its exposed Root

Friday, Dec 25th, 2009, 11:12 am Poetry 2 Comments

The arc of the visible river is long
but it bends toward moments
in which a song reaches out
with its silent hands
to grasp the darkness to lead it
back to its exposed root
its first whisper
its fading blindness

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2 Comments to back to its exposed Root

  1. Hello. I would like to include this poem in one of my blog posts… with a link to your blog.
    Please check out my blog and you will see I often include poetry and quotes and I feature other artists.

  2. Donna Watson on May 24th, 2010
  3. Donna-
    Yes, feel free to use it however you wish.
    This site will be replaced soon.

    thanks
    Ben.

  4. Ben Judson on July 29th, 2010

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