{"id":1751,"date":"2021-07-17T14:15:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T18:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/?page_id=1751"},"modified":"2021-12-01T16:08:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T20:08:33","slug":"awash-in-grace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/poetry-archive\/awash-in-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Awash in Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Awash in Grace<\/strong><\/div>\n
Matt Schroeder<\/div>\n

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like the time we sailed<\/div>\n
across four lanes of traffic<\/div>\n
on a blown tire<\/div>\n

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simply to see<\/div>\n
if we could<\/div>\n

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or<\/div>\n
after losing vapor trails<\/div>\n
held our breath until our lips<\/div>\n
blued themselves in the dark<\/div>\n

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all this<\/div>\n
is akin<\/div>\n
to almost<\/div>\n

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a kin we\u2019ve woken<\/div>\n
within ourselves<\/div>\n

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like a photo taken<\/div>\n
to let in too much light<\/div>\n
blurring who we could be<\/div>\n
with a dazed shudder<\/div>\n

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or<\/div>\n
in a wash of warm water<\/div>\n
our voices losing themselves<\/div>\n
in what little space escaping air<\/div>\n
devotes to the sounds we make<\/div>\n

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how many times we have pressed<\/div>\n
our heads to the ground<\/div>\n
knees nailed to the floor<\/div>\n
tongues tied<\/div>\n

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to the long hand<\/div>\n
of an empty room<\/div>\n

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all make-believe<\/div>\n
as we bathe in our<\/div>\n
wishes<\/div>\n

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the silence<\/div>\n
listens<\/div>\n
& goes about its day<\/div>\n

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as we get up<\/div>\n
awash in grace<\/div>\n

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so sure something has been changed<\/div>\n


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Matt Schroeder<\/strong> is a poet & educator. His works can be found at\u00a0New World Writing, Thin Air Online,\u00a0<\/em>& forthcoming at\u00a0Poet Lore.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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