We only want a beach with white sand,<\/p>\n
something we can sift through with our fingers<\/p>\n
the way sunlight filters through the trees.<\/p>\n
But something else will be at work here as we,<\/p>\n
too, pass through the warm days like waves<\/p>\n
weighing nothing.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Perhaps it is the water that will pass through,<\/p>\n
clinging to our bodies, seeking to fill us with<\/p>\n
what we’ve lost, that fundamentality city life<\/p>\n
has robbed us of, clothing us with its own<\/p>\n
brand of affection, embracing us, reminding us<\/p>\n
to return to what is less.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
We will live again in a hut, waking with the sun,<\/p>\n
forgetting for a while the rush of all that we are<\/p>\n
not, the dark office walls, the callous desks and<\/p>\n
chairs, the indifferent floor, the department<\/p>\n
voices, the hands holding phones and tools, the<\/p>\n
feet encased in steel boots.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Near the beach, we will eat each day, closer to<\/p>\n
the earth, closer to the water and the sky, necks<\/p>\n
not needing to strain, fingers to grasp, eyes to<\/p>\n
pierce.\u00a0 We will speak gently again, genuinely,<\/p>\n
meaning even every word we do not say, giving<\/p>\n
more room to own time.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u00a9\u00a0 Ella Wagemakers, 12.55 Dutch time (= \u00a06.55 EST in the US)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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