When we first met
\nI thought you were in a tower
\nlooking down at everything.<\/p>\n
Then I saw that your tower
\nwas simply a very large wall.<\/p>\n
Then I learned that your wall
\nwas an untamed forest
\nand I chose to push
\nsteadily through it,
\none arm before
\nthe other arm,
\nholding back the branches
\never-so-gently
\nso they would not break
\nwhen they met again.<\/p>\n
I seldom turned back
\nbut when I did
\nI would see the path
\nhad closed behind me
\nonly mostly
\nand where I\u2019d walked
\nand pushed,
\nthe way was greening.<\/p>\n
This is the way I came here.<\/p>\n
It was then that I saw
\nyour heart was
\na hidden pine grove
\nwith a golden carpet of spills
\nso deep that
\nmy footfalls were silenced
\nand so
\nwhen I had come fully in,
\nI think you were too surprised
\nby my presence
\nto demand that I leave.<\/p>\n
It was then that we first met again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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