Why should it all
Be lost?
Why should time
Take away
That day by the river?[…]
Surely, to bring back
That single scene
In all its glory
Wouldn’t harm
The order of things.If only in the words
Of a song or poem.
If only for a moment,
Restoring that moment.Gregory Orr, from “Why should it all,” Concerning the Book that is the Body of the Beloved (Copper Canyon Press, 2012)
(via words-and-coffee)