Deep into the canyon, the sun drove its fading light<\/p>\n
Between the gathered concrete walls it reached, like some child stretching behind the sofa to get a long-loved toy that has slipped just too far. An inch just too far\u2026<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
She nestled in the murky dawn,<\/p>\n
Shivering.<\/p>\n
The night had curtained joy so long,<\/p>\n
Lingering.<\/p>\n
The cold wind, merciless,<\/p>\n
Whistling.<\/p>\n
The stars, her only warmth,<\/p>\n
Twinklling.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Frigid fingers \u2018round her nest,<\/p>\n
Icicling.<\/p>\n
The air, itself, held bite,<\/p>\n
Prickling.<\/p>\n
Many passed her desperate state,<\/p>\n
Not noticing.<\/p>\n
No comfort came.<\/p>\n
But dimly breathed the sun\u2026<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Despite the darkness all around<\/p>\n
She knew that night was nearly done.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Repelling thoughts of pointlessness, she stirred,<\/p>\n
Lifting notes to meet the dawning hope,<\/p>\n
There amidst the frigid winter deep,<\/p>\n
Her bare-remembered melody of spring.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Calling things that aren\u2019t, as though they were.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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