Salmon Skin – v2

I pause on the bridge, a break in my day, as night came

A stop to drink in the murmur, the echo, pulsing from the fountain

Across the stillness of the water, the wave pushing toward me

The salmon surface of the water drinks in the rippling reflections of the reeds.

Like tethered monochrome wrapping ribbon, undulating on the skin

A momentary scene, lost to darkening, an instant later

Another circuit of the park, quiet pulling me in

Separating from the memory of the bustle at the pool

Earlier this day, when the sun reigned

Peace among the doubt of the studying,

Learning on the fly, in summary, so much to do,

Keeping me at the school, driving me to the pond, to start with

Losing myself, in the tranquility of the water’s motion

The connectedness of the sky, its echo in the salmon skin

And its hold on me, soothing my soul

Lost in my solitary march, exercise and rejuvenation

Around the water, in the park, across from the school

My instant sanctuary, nurturing and reminding me of more

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edited November 14, 2018

Salmon Skin – v2

6/29/04 20:44

Salmon Skin

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/06/salmon-skin.html

Started via voicemail at 6/27/04 at 8:43pm (of just the 4^th line), about the peace I get when I take a break from my studying and take a walk over Pierce Bridge and the pond at White Park, Concord, NH

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