Friday, May 21, 2010

Life in the stacks : the librarian's column

Journey
(“The journey                                           Life is composed of steps.


     of a thousand                                      [Fourteen stairs trod each
                                                                 day to the library. Do
                                                                 the students
                                                                 ever count them?]

                 miles must                              Tentative baby steps.

                      begin with                         Confident strides,
                                                                persistent plodding.

                              a single                     Skipping, running.

                                     step.")                Leaps

                                                                           of faith.

                                                             A limestone stoop
                                                             concaved by
                                                             countless feet.

                                                            The slow polishing of stone
                                                            by shoes and so(u)l(e)s,
                                                            with dreams and
                                                            burdens carried
                                                            and left behind.

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