KINDERHOOK CREEK<\/b><\/p>\n
for Thaniel, Evie, & Peyton<\/i><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
the coolness of the shifting shallows under our feet<\/p>\n
a hot day ebbs away in the shade of the pine trees<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve hurt myself, careless, every time we\u2019ve gone<\/p>\n
letting my blood become another truth of the forest<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
we play \u201ckiss each other clean\u201d through a phone speaker<\/p>\n
because our histories have been forged equally in iron and wine<\/p>\n
we splash and shriek at the coldness as the sun slips down<\/p>\n
cotton candy clouds filling the sky with pinks and purples<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
may we share our secrets equally with each smiling face<\/p>\n
holding us through the twilights that arise to match each dawn we see<\/p>\n
one more reflection of the ways we hold each other without touching<\/p>\n
one frosted sparkling drink flowing down in rivulets from the mountains<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
we\u2019re alive in the coldness, we\u2019re alive in the heat<\/p>\n
we\u2019re alive under the ebb and flow of all these hurried minutes<\/p>\n
waiting to see ourselves again reflected back in still waters<\/p>\n
while what remains rushes around us, seeking as we do<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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