I long to be representative

(2020, on the shore of Fall River, high sitting on a rock.)

I long to be representative
Of what I love.

What touches me
(Rock I sit on uncomfortably, pencil gripped,
Water my body oil my skin skip to me
My mind, action, emulation and
You, the world,
Lover, family, friends, great-grandchildren,
What could touch them
Touches me simulating maybes
Assuming everything touches
All nature and me, complete
As all the winds of one sky
Flowing and the resistance and
The acceptance)
I am.

What do I represent?
Everything—
I know I represent all I know,
And think I represent all unknown
And growing.

We are imprints of God
Here.