"Passage" Exultation is the going Of an inland soul to sea, Past the houses -- past the headlands -- Into deep Eternity -- Emily Dickinson Westwardbound, toward Winslow, haloed in lime-electric bathroom glare, the mirror's tea-green twin stays locked in her stale stare. Woman and reflection edge closer to one another, scrutinizing, running fingers through their hair. There -- under straw-gold strands, new silver twines, yellow darkening beneath, shadows in a summer hayloft, aspens curving over willows in November. She will grow to love the other color, love this ferrying of youth to age, will abandon the mirror, return to the window, watch waves brighten with sun then turn dark, see seagulls race the boat, heads empty of destination, just flying. Just flight. Jennifer L. Scott Poetry Volume CLXXII, Number 6 September 1998 Copyright 1998 by the Modern Poetry Association. Copyright 1998 by the Daily Poetry Association. All rights reserved. http://www.poems.com/ janet paterson - 51/10 - almonte/ontario/canada http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/ [log in to unmask]