Every Day

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Fields of Sawdust (Bolinas): photo by  Beatrice Murch, 15 September 2007

Awake the mind's hopeless so
At a quarter to six I rise
And run 2 or 3 miles in
The pristine air of a dark
And windy winter morning
With a light rain falling
And no sound but the pad
Of my sneakers on the asphalt
And the calls of the owls in
The cypress trees on Mesa Road

And when I get back you're
Still asleep under the warm covers
Because love is here to stay
It's another day and we're both still alive

(1973)


 

Entrance to Duxbury Reef, Bolinas: photo by Beatrice Murch, 22 January 2008

Moonrise above Paradise Valley, Bolinas: photo by Beatrice Murch, 2 May 2004

Twilight on Bolinas Lagoon: photo by Beatrice Murch, 2 August 2007

for Angelica (45 years on, unbelievably)