surrender

“Death is hidden in clocks… in my youth I chose as my motto
the ancient Latin maxim festina lente: make haste slowly.”
— Italo Calvino

HORSETOOTH, Coast Starlight (North), Eugene, OR, June 6, 2022

In between the gaps
where sunlight reaches—
shades of green extend.

Shawls of fog dampen
the moving silence.
I surrendered to Time

as the backsides of train towns
and tranquil boredom took me
closer to you and then back

home. Somewhere past the darkness
where distressed light of forests spill
into borders of thriving attraction,

I dreamt bravely. I named it joy.

5:53AM, Coast Starlight (South), Sacramento Valley, CA, June 11, 2022

Author: ginger k. hintz

All the suspense of being on your knees, heaven spread.

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