{"id":428,"date":"2014-12-10T19:02:26","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T03:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=428"},"modified":"2014-12-10T19:02:26","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T03:02:26","slug":"coming-together-in-a-heated-rush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=428","title":{"rendered":"Coming Together In A Heated Rush"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Coming Together In A Heated Rush<\/strong><\/p>\n

The wind howls across the ice flows<\/p>\n

It sends the frozen snow skimming.<\/p>\n

A hardened river on a river. So it goes.<\/p>\n

It is not the same as in the beginning.<\/p>\n

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Is it flowing North, South, or Westward?<\/p>\n

It just glides to the shoreline till it\u2019s free.<\/p>\n

Ice above & the water below. It\u2019s end is heard.<\/p>\n

As the glacier breaks & falls into the sea .<\/p>\n

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You come to me on fast forward.<\/p>\n

You try to put the bums rush on me.<\/p>\n

I am not one to rush toward.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m like the glacier headed to the sea.<\/p>\n

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Like a moth drawn to a flame.<\/p>\n

You have no control over your impulses.<\/p>\n

We both push and pull to make a claim.<\/p>\n

Within this moment that encroaches.<\/p>\n

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History is relived through your own intent.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re drawn to me for that very reason.<\/p>\n

We each try to mold the moment.<\/p>\n

I know it\u2019s coming in due season.<\/p>\n

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This is where the whole world keeps on turning.<\/p>\n

This is where we come undone—–undone.<\/p>\n

It has been brought to this point by yearning.<\/p>\n

Which you cannot mix with fun.<\/p>\n

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Will they measure me by branches.<\/p>\n

Count the rings and sift my ashes.<\/p>\n

Mark the ground where I fell & carry on.<\/p>\n

Or, will we fight against the silence.<\/p>\n

Fill our days with noise & violence.<\/p>\n

Not recognizing our hearts when we are done.<\/p>\n

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The moment of heated rush passes by.<\/p>\n

We are left to piece it all together.<\/p>\n

I find that you\u2019re still you & I am I.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re touch is gentle. Like a feather.<\/p>\n

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No words pass between us.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re both lost in our own world.<\/p>\n

There is no longer an interest in lust.<\/p>\n

I lie on my side with my legs curled.<\/p>\n

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We soon get up & go about our business.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s as if we were someone else.<\/p>\n

Video games & sports become your business.<\/p>\n

I sit a & wonder how it felt.<\/p>\n

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I think of the glacier slowly sliding to the sea.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s history is there left behind.<\/p>\n

An open book for all to see.<\/p>\n

Slowly, I finally start to unwind.<\/p>\n

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I am not frigid nor turned off by love.<\/p>\n

I just don\u2019t deal with it in high gear.<\/p>\n

It makes me feel like a glove.<\/p>\n

Out of place when you are near.<\/p>\n

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For awhile we came undone—–undone.<\/p>\n

Nothing mattered but this moment in time.<\/p>\n

But, such emotions shouldn\u2019t be for fun.<\/p>\n

Only if I\u2019m yours & you are mine.<\/p>\n

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Will they measure me by branches.<\/p>\n

Count the rings and sift my ashes.<\/p>\n

Mark the ground where I fell & carry on.<\/p>\n

Or, will we fight against the silence.<\/p>\n

Fill our days with noise & violence.<\/p>\n

Not recognizing our hearts when we are done.<\/p>\n

——————————————————R. W. Johnson—–(2014)<\/p>\n

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