Traces

by barnswallow - Capricorn

Was it truly only our lost God's too severe eye
and not the hole he left in the world
that drains oceans
and into seas of cities 
bleeds our blood?

	These words left no traces in the snow
	The Hunt got lost
	and beside a frozen lake
	his dogs paw their thirst.

You may not shrink this paradox
but only shrink from
passing to the next:
that season whose leaves
leave nothing to the next.

	One dog barks at nothing
	ten thousand others	
	pass it on......

As we struggle in a leveled world
seeing what contour rises

and that which falls
carries us home.
Birth sign: Capricorn
Date created: 2001-02-06 19:20:38
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:43:31
Poem ID: 60131

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