Monday, April 25, 2022

From Time to Time

 

It is the moment just before that we
 live over and over in its only time
 and then recount to those who were not there
 the beginning still echoes in laughter
 but resounds unrecognized every time
 and never comes back to begin again
 there are no words for calling after it
 and when it went it left no memory
 but the sound of the running sheep calling 
to the evening from the darkening hill
 what they are calling as they run is Wait
 what each of them is calling is Wait

 --W.S. Merwin
photo by Cartier-Bresson

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