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It might be easier
To fail—with Land in Sight—

—Emily Dickinson

It might be easier to fail, as music
Fails to continue in its own wake.

It might be easier to be lonely,
A single stone of silent oblivion.

It might be easier to succumb,
No fight against drowning dark—

But everything surges back, sounds &
Gathers, a spring of resilient light.

Text copyright © Karen Poppy