The Flyfish Journal - The Flyfish Journal 15.4

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Words: Blaine Peetso 2024-06-17 09:45:30

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.