From which can issue sounds plaintive, soulful, playful. Echo often being a miracle. Now, think of a poem which continues to be heard after the final word spoken. The same echo can be said of a meal. Thus, memory.
I looked through my own vast sands to find a detail straining to be freed as a shell might empty itself over many dry days and leave an echo of its life behind
I looked through my own vast sands
ReplyDeleteto find a detail straining to be freed
as a shell might empty itself
over many dry days
and leave an echo of its life behind