Contours

The oceans have no sides only

constantly shifting contours

we call coastlines

which may mean,

I almost wrote must mean,

all things once moved by magic

have a need to exist

that is not established

by the container in which it sits.

The smallest poplar grows away from its roots

the deeper the roots dig into the soil.

Dreams like flowers need pruning too.

All living things need constant shears.

Shall the shear prune with steel

or by the cycle of the moon

is of less import than it be precise

in how it cuts and how it breathes.

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Mathew Paust, Dec 09, 2019

So true--and your "almost...must" made me chuckle.

Gary Hardaway, Dec 11, 2019

Well done.

Tim G. Young, Dec 15, 2019

"all things once moved by magic
have a need to exist
that is not established
by the container in which it sits."

This is magic, right here.*

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