Laying back in the canoe
out in the middle of the lake
northern Maine
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Long ago, long ago
the green metal of the statue
in the nearby park
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A year ago we completed a journey
of faith, of hope, of love
A different anniversary than our first
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Signs caught my eye
so much a part of the message
Along with the feet marching,
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Oh change your ways
you dead, dying tree
turn from your thoughts
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An abject lesson in patience
is the flower outside our doorway
planted when the spring was young
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Snow in the air
long before the first flakes
started their long fall from the heavens
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Two thousand years and more ago
God spoke to the prophet
told him " I will bring you home"
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A cord of ten brown pelicans
snaked through the hot air
cutting the shimmering heat
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When the evening darkens
and the day cools
and the stars flicker to light
I sat on the blanket
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