A Deprecating Smile

Feeling
In floods
Overwhelm me.

The canoe
Slides silent
Smooth

Through
The reeds
Darkly

The ripples
Slap soft
Urgeful

The broad
Opening
Widely

The breath
Of wind
Eases

We are
Calmed
On the swell

There are
No words

Just no words
As we slip away.

JL Jan 24  12:37