Tuesday, August 18, 2009

"Believe that a farther shore is reachable from here..." Seamus Heaney, The Cure at Troy

when we set sail at first we did not know
what our birth would set in motion
how the water would rock our cradle
where the current would carry our dreams

what our birth would set in motion
who would bear witness of our journey
how the cradle would be thrown upon the rocks
when the sails would become worn and frayed

where the current would carry our dreams
how reachable the far shore from here
who would follow the north star to old beginnings
what witness would the oracle then believe

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