The Flyfish Journal - The Flyfish Journal 15.4

Fall in the Desert, sketch
2023
Ink on paper
5” X 7½”
Artwork: Richard Harrington

Sunlight hit the face of my face,
searching for old ways 
to make me new again.

A lone prayer danced on four winds
toward the distant start 
of a supine sky, 

only to drift toward the river
when it got there.

There were no pillows strung 
between the canyon walls,

no sudden moment of clarity.

Just aspen colony whispers  
and a trout’s brief asphyxiation,

glinting in suspension,

like a lost dream hinting 
at the limits of solitude.