This is as far as the light
of my understanding
has carried me:
an October morning
a canoe built by hand
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieeUM-B6YaEhrTuuVrGOORychjsk20kOYi_yTUYkWT3ros09bK5xSB7KERWYN3sj1x6xqInsnaUJMSh65dMI7U1T6JfNeyMuT983OpyP5eW1OIYse6sQDg7u8dKS8IXf23xG-jkQnFGUs/s320/36_p1-590x368.jpg)
above me the trees arc
green and golden
against a cloudy sky
below me the river responds
with perfect reflection
a hundred feet deep
a hundred feet high.
To take a cup of this river
to drink its purple and gray
its golden and green
to see
a bend in the river up ahead
and still
say
yes.
Photography credit: Detail from "Meltausjoki Canoe Trail, Finland," by Michael van Vliet (originally color).
Yes. Yes.
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