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Edward Habib McKuen. ©2006 by Stanyan Audio Video Archives
A Thought for Today
Anger breeds revenge, revenge brings ruin.
FROM the¨BOOKS
THE FIRST
No matter when I start
that first day’s walk
along the tide’s white ragged edge,
someone’s been ahead of me.
I went at noon the first day,
ten the next.
Finally at sunrise
I started out
and on this very morning
I was up before the sun
guided by the whitecaps only
luminous in the dimming starlight.
When at last the light
began to rim the far horizon
I saw beside my own, new footprints
in the Monday sand
a larger imprint trailing on
ahead of me.
And beside the wide stride
on this quiet beach
the soft impression of a dog
who must have trotted
by his master’s side.
I’ve but one more morning
left to me
before I trade Tres Vidas
for the city,
but if I have to start out
down the beach at midnight
or before
I’m determined to confront
the brown beach man
who dares to think
he loves my ocean
more than me.
And anyway,
the ocean’s all
that I have left.
There won’t be anyone again,
but there will always be
sea water and sea things
to wash the memories
into one
another.
That’s a comfort
not to be taken lightly,
considering the sea
is all I have.
- from "Moment To Moment" 1973, 1975
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