Enough
I dreamed
It was enough.
The upturned palms,
The clasped hands,
Fingers interlocking like
Root filaments, like fascia.
The letting go.
The anger.
The wishing.
The world was green
Where green should be,
And the fire and deserts
Burned in their rightful homes.
And our breath was not separate
From the exhalation of mist over the trees,
Or the deep inhale of the outgoing tide.
Intention, not a road paved,
But a branching of paths like
Rivers and veins,
Weaving and meandering,
Currents rich with voices.
And I woke up,
And dreamed
That we could rest
When we were weary,
And wake in time,
Enough.
Erin Liana Johnson currently works as a Clinical Counselor and healer in Santa Cruz, CA alongside the redwood trees and the irrepressible ocean. Previous awards and publications include the Richardson Poetry Prize and the Spectrum Poetry Award (College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara, 2006.) The Porter Gulch Review (2005), and “Scleroderma At 15” (The Body Eclectic: An Anthology, edited by Patrice Vecchione, Henry Holt and Co., 2002).
I dreamed
It was enough.
The upturned palms,
The clasped hands,
Fingers interlocking like
Root filaments, like fascia.
The letting go.
The anger.
The wishing.
The world was green
Where green should be,
And the fire and deserts
Burned in their rightful homes.
And our breath was not separate
From the exhalation of mist over the trees,
Or the deep inhale of the outgoing tide.
Intention, not a road paved,
But a branching of paths like
Rivers and veins,
Weaving and meandering,
Currents rich with voices.
And I woke up,
And dreamed
That we could rest
When we were weary,
And wake in time,
Enough.
Erin Liana Johnson currently works as a Clinical Counselor and healer in Santa Cruz, CA alongside the redwood trees and the irrepressible ocean. Previous awards and publications include the Richardson Poetry Prize and the Spectrum Poetry Award (College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara, 2006.) The Porter Gulch Review (2005), and “Scleroderma At 15” (The Body Eclectic: An Anthology, edited by Patrice Vecchione, Henry Holt and Co., 2002).
