(I am participating in the March Slice of Life challenge via the Two Writing Teachers site. Slice of Life is the idea of noticing the small moments. I have been a participant for many years and each year, I wonder if I will have the energy to write every day. This year, I am going to try to coincide it with my daily poetry writing, and intend to compose small poems on small moments. We’ll see how it goes …)
Day Ten
I cannot keep up
with this river’s flow,
it surely knows more than
I’ll ever knowmy feet in pursuit,
I quicken the pace
even losers are winners
in this race we embraceSomewhere behind us
on a mountain top drop
the ice is in melt
the water can’t stop‘til it reaches the ocean,
the sea beyond port
but I stopped long ago
to compose this reportNo, I cannot keep up –
I’ve grown too slow —
the river knows more than
I’ll ever know
Peace (following it),
Kevin