Columbia River Sunrise Villanelle

(While Thinking of Le Fleuve Saint-Laurent)

Photo by Jonathan Potter ⓒ 2023

Rerun from Nov 2023

Would that I could float away with you
Into the sunrise and follow the flow
To where it turns like a skater would do

In a widening arc that changes the view
From east to west so easy and slow.
Would that I could float away with you

To where you and I would dance a soft shoe
And do that maneuver that both of us know
To where it turns like a skater would do

On a frozen river while bidding adieu
Like a beautiful actress in a picture show.
Would that I could float away with you.

Of course you remember what both of us knew.
I remember it, too, and in our chateau
On the river we'll turn like a skater would do

As we look out the window at the sky turning blue
And learn by going where to go
And simply float away, me and you,
Where the sun spans the sky like a skater would do.

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