Preparing for an Interview

water above, fire below

Pointe-Claire, Quebec — Photo by Jonathan Potter ⓒ 2024

Preparing for an interview
with a view of the sunrise,
itself calmly undertaking
to fill up the day with light,
I interrogate the river
to translate the sky for me.

Having slept hard most of the night,
I wake to pull myself up
by the dangling chains of the moon
slipped free of night’s gravity
on its way to the horizon,
the river’s words on my lips.

Now is not the time for grand dreams
but only to be awake.

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