Light

a new poem

Light  

If I wake up tomorrow. 
If I wake up tomorrow as someone new. 
If I cannot return. 
If I return as something else.
And how then will I walk
the day as I have night. 
If I go looking for light. 
If I am looking for You
and come upon a river so full
I see I won’t drown.
Because death doesn’t want me 
and knows it will have me in the end. 
If there is no end. And no middle. 
If I send myself into a depth 
so far in—no one can reach. 
If I reach everything there. 
If I reach everything there without anyone. 
If I no longer need reaching at all. 
Sun over the bay. And the boats. 
If I told You I was waiting. 
If You said: you were there the whole time.  

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