{"id":1921,"date":"2012-10-23T19:59:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T19:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/?page_id=1921"},"modified":"2012-10-23T19:59:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T19:59:20","slug":"marc-swan-1012","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fullofcrow.com\/poetry\/archives\/marc-swan-1012\/","title":{"rendered":"Marc Swan, 10\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heartache that swirls the mind<\/strong><\/p>\n

When we speak those heart wrenching
\nwords describing the passage of a loved one<\/p>\n

in this case in this small intimate venue
\nshe sings the songs written by this person<\/p>\n

she holds so close to her heart and it seems
\ncan never let go, it is a tribute in one sense<\/p>\n

but creates a looming question in my mind.
\nIs a point reached where the memory<\/p>\n

is not stashed away in the attic
\nor in that small utility room off the garage,<\/p>\n

but merely put to bed in another room
\nin one\u2019s head allowing a separation<\/p>\n

that becomes its own force, a rejuvenation
\nof the spirit held flat but firm<\/p>\n

for so many years? At that point would she
\nfeel a renewal of will and drive to get on<\/p>\n

with her life as I imagine the one she loved
\nso hard would surely want her to do.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

In another time when the future was always now<\/strong><\/p>\n

I must be in California because here I sit
\nin a Ford Fusion on highway 280 heading
\nnorth then over the 92 pass to Half Moon Bay.
\nMemories like quicksilver\u2014vibrant, alive in my
\nhands, in my mind, a flash then they disappear,
\nreappear like those tiny sparkling fish
\nI watched bob below the surface and up again
\nin a gurgling eddy beside a blue spruce
\nthat offered no shade but created a backdrop
\nbetter than a Broadway stage. This time
\nno stage, no tiny sparkling fish just me in
\na rental car driving back to a time when all I
\nknew seemed impossible to lose, a time so simple,
\nand when I reflect on those heady days, so pure
\nin its simplicity that I wonder how I was able
\nto let it all go, or did it drop me in a flash
\nof quicksilver\u2014evaporation with no return.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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