Sport 40: 2012
Be Not Afraid of the Dark
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Be Not Afraid of the Dark
Here we are at the beginning
once again in the river’s mouth
all doing the slow-waking walking dance
with our eyes open wider than wide.
Everywhere the dark is, there is its heart.
We’re awake—awake in the dark
where we hush, and may touch
and only gently move apart.