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POEM: release

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release

I slowly open my hands
feel its wings flutter
against my warm palms
see the colors emerge
from between my fingers
until it is free, flying
lifting off into the sky
leaving a single feather
on the cuff of my sleeve
I put the feather on my desk
so I can look at it later
when I need to remember

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27 January 2014
State College, PA

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Return to Five Rivers

Earlier this year, we camped at Five Rivers nature center near Albany. In late September, we went back there for a hike:

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