Spawning the seeds
\nIn the shallow waters
\nDid she ask
\nWhether the weather will
\nBe benign
\nWhether The fingerlings will find their way
\nIn these uncertain times
\nTroubled waters
\nAnd lost directions
\nWill river care
\nWill the banks hold
\nLike the sculpture’s scalpel
\nShape her contours
\nOr just swallow
\nAll the passion
\nThat waves bring to bear
\nOn the floating see weeds
\nUnable to submerge
\nAnd unwilling to let them be
\nIt is this struggle
\nThat dictates
\nThe design of a dilemma
\nI have been living
\nOver and over again
\nWithout a helping hand
\nFrom the winds
\nAnd waves
\nShores and the shales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spawning the seeds In the shallow waters Did she ask Whether the weather will Be benign Whether The fingerlings will find their way In these uncertain times Troubled waters And lost directions Will river care Will the banks hold Like the sculpture’s scalpel Shape her contours Or just swallow All the passion That waves bring … <\/p>\n