You cannot step into the same river twice.
\nYet we\u2019ll harbour a hope with each reunion
\nThat there\u2019ll be familiar feelings to wash over us<\/p>\n
Our greetings always elicit a warm embrace
\nSmiles that drain away all time and distance
\nAnd then we plunge headfirst into our stories<\/p>\n
Yet we wonder in our heart, wander in our mind
\nJust how much water has flown pass us? and
\nhow far have our affections been pulled under?<\/p>\n
How is it that our talk is so hesitant and dry?
\nWe remain safely splashing about in the shallows,
\never reluctant to dive and lose ourselves to the current<\/p>\n
We stay planted, careful not to slip or stumble and fall
\nin the flood of memories that are gushing against our senses
\nand threatening to sweep us away, downriver somewhere\u2026<\/p>\n
And I note that it is none too soon that we step to shore
\nand climb out from that river bed that once was \u2013 and now
\nI stand, dripping and chilled, so glad to watch you leave.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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\n\u00a0\u00a0 June 2014<\/em><\/p>\n