...from This Place I Know

To You

I think I could walk

through the simmering sand

if I held your hand.

I think I could swim

the skin shivering sea

if you will accompany me.

And run on ragged, windy heights,

climb rugged rocks

and walk on air:

I think I could do anything at all,

if you were there.

A favorite by Karla Kuskin in Georgia Heard's collection This Place I Know. This anthology, assembled in response to the events of September 11, is for anyone who is trying to recover from horrific events.