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Awaiting Thunder, He Dreams

Posted on March 26, 2019 by robert okaji

Awaiting Thunder, He Dreams

If all our voices were to meet in the atmosphere
what could the rain achieve?

When we give nothing we have nothing.

Is it enough to listen?

Wisps and heaps, ripples and sheets.

Accumulated, dispersed, fingers
unknotting death’s
grip, steps taken around the flames,

in caution, in delight,
imagining the greatest undoings.

“Awaiting Thunder, He Dreams” was first published in Red River Review, in August 2018.

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turntablesbb7 on March 25, 2019 at 12:13 pm said:

I’m sure if our voices were to meet in the atmosphere we wouldn’t know which voice was heard or either loudest… Like a symphony. 👌

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- robert okaji on March 26, 2019 at 9:53 am said:
  
  They’d be caught in the rumbles, no doubt.
  
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  - turntablesbb7 on March 26, 2019 at 10:08 am said:
    
    Exactly.
    
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turntablesbb7 on March 25, 2019 at 12:14 pm said:

Imagining the greatest undoings….what is already done can’t be undone.

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- robert okaji on March 26, 2019 at 9:53 am said:
  
  And sometimes we don’t realize what we’re doing. Or undoing…
  
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  - turntablesbb7 on March 26, 2019 at 10:08 am said:
    
    Yep until it’s already done.
    
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wordsmithsanvil01 on March 26, 2019 at 2:03 am said:

When we give nothing we have nothing… Hmmm

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- robert okaji on March 26, 2019 at 9:55 am said:
  
  I truly believe that we receive more by giving.
  
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  - wordsmithsanvil01 on March 26, 2019 at 9:59 am said:
    
    I couldn’t agree more… It’s such a powerful yet ironic truth.
    
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    - robert okaji on March 26, 2019 at 1:08 pm said:
      
      It took me a long time to learn that lesson.
      
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      - wordsmithsanvil01 on March 26, 2019 at 1:11 pm said:
        
        Thanks for sharing it!
        
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        robert okaji on March 26, 2019 at 1:15 pm said:
        
        You’re very welcome.
        
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