Gruene, Texas--At The River

Guadalupe River


Gruene, Texas--At the River

I came here because
I know this place – because
I have been here before,
and I know where the river
ends – I sit by the part
where it gurgles and foams
white above rocks – three
stumps reach far down into this
river – and there, across
from me, one seems to be
growing right out of cliff,
right out of rock. It leans right,
graceful sway of trunk – it has
somehow found its leaning
comfortable, a sideways growing –
I guess if something stays bent
long enough – it assumes its place
gracefully – learns to live
with that

Marian Haddad

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