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​Losing My breath and Catching it again~ By Maryann Lawrence

11/28/2018

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I thought that I could run 
like a wild stallion on an open field, up mountains, 
across the desert of O’Keeffe, sparse and flat
like water over stones pushing sticks and leaves 
and rushing to pass from moment to moment 
changing shape, formless, but always in motion, 
but the arroyo was dry so I went back to the Huron 
and found that the river still rushes 
and the willows still touch down 
on the shores where the Potawatomi trails 
keep going until dark 
and although you are only a few yards away from civilization 
the moon is shadowed by conifers and oak trees 
and leaves of varying breadth but to run is to lose your own breath 
and now I know that to run like a wild stallion on an open field or like water over stones pushing sticks and leaves and rushing past willows and waterfowl is no more likely than a dammed up arroyo because 
rivers never stop and
people do. 


Author Bio:
Maryann Lawrence is a writer, a salesman, a mother, a wife, an undercover hippie, deadbeat charwoman and wanna-be financier. Her stories are guided by misguided ideas about people, and the delusion that life should be idyllic. She has worked in offices, fast food restaurants, fragrance stores and security guard agencies. Her favorite job was a beat reporter for her hometown paper. She once lived, barefoot and pregnant, on a campground outside Santa Fe, an adventure she is longing to top. 

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Emel
11/28/2018 05:13:46 pm

I love this poem

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Kathleen Jackson link
11/2/2020 11:29:30 am

I love the imagery and the tempo. Your words move the poem forward. The action is subtle continuity.

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