Resurgent to the Task

By C.D.Courter
From the book "Shasta Cycle, a Journey by Bicycle"

           Resurgent to the Task



Who is it     that calls us
   from the distance
   of years
   to return
   to the place
   of Surrender?

   Who is it    that offers
                a vision     - of rest
                amidst toil,
                - of release
                  from regret?

Long ago,
      I passed
              places
          that have grown
              in the mind
              of time -

              that have suffered change,
                   As I
              have changed -
               and grown
              more 
              than older,
      more than simply gray
      under trees
                and sky.

      The world
      has changed
      around me, 

      My dreams
           change,

                      Time
                      Himself
           has changed -

           become leaner -
           like a river
           far
           from rain.

      The pages
             of his book
             have yellowed
             and gone stiff,
                    the corners
             are smudged
             from fingers
             of many readings,
             but the Text
             is clear:
          The power to change
             - like the wind!
             lies unlimbered
             in the hills
             of again.

   Deep
        in a forest
        of pine,

        I follow
        Yesterday's
        stream

        over hills
        and beyond
          Time,

        and recall
        that forgiving
                       resolve -


Across
       the distance
          of years,
          I Return,

          wise
          to the wiles,

          and patient
              of all things -

         A tool
         in the hand
         of success.


                              C. D. Courter




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