Monday, September 11, 2017

against the current




not the river into that ocean

eternally flowing, following a path

not of her own but of her ancestor

that i pause in poise to admire



but a struggle of the salmon to spawn

sacrificially swimming swiftly

against the current to lay her eggs

for which i tip my hat



though her end comes swifter

with that greedy grizzly standing in middle

to stop before an upward movement

a new shoal, to the ocean, could swim

 


© henry victor     17.10.2003



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