This is as far as the light
of my understanding
has carried me:
an October morning
a canoe built by hand
a quiet currentabove me the trees arc
green and golden
against a cloudy sky
below me the river responds
with perfect reflection
a hundred feet deep
a hundred feet high.
To take a cup of this river
to drink its purple and gray
its golden and green
to see
a bend in the river up ahead
and still
say
yes.
Photography credit: Detail from "Meltausjoki Canoe Trail, Finland," by Michael van Vliet (originally color).
Yes. Yes.
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