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title: before the sun
author: Steven
date: 2005-04-23 02:27:35
categories:
- Musings
tags:
- poetry
- writing
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       i step outside

       into a breeze

       too raw for spring

       still tinged by the melting snow.



       in a day

       or two

       the last whiteness will be gone

       and the air

       will blunt with warmth.



       i take

       in my arms

       birch wood.



       an easy burn

       in the days of lengthened light



       and i wonder

       toward nights soon to come.



       warmer nights

       where the smells of

       birch, ash, and oak,

       will mingle

       with sage and sweat.



       and i will see you

       in the dim light

       before the sun.