Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Walking on Water

The freedom of not being

tied to the past feels 

like a boat unanchored

in a storm until you get

your water legs and walk

on the water placing one

foot and then the other

between, upon the waves,

the ebb and flow of what 

swells up from above,

below.  It’s difficult to do;

harder to learn the dances

the improvisation of now

invites you into.  The sign

to hell may read, Abandon 

all hope who enter here.  But

the sign to paradise says,

Abandon the past that will

not let you dance on the waters

of life.  I’ve always fancied 

myself as a dancer 

especially now walking

on the water.


-Byron Hoot


hootnhowlpoetry.com 

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