Some time when the river is ice ask me
mistakes I have made. Ask me whether
what I have done is my life. Others
have come in their slow way into
my thought, and some have tried to help
or to hurt: ask me what difference
their strongest love or hate has made.
I will listen to what you say.
You and I can turn and look
at the silent river and wait. We know
the current is there, hidden; and there
are comings and goings from miles away
that hold the stillness exactly before us.
What the river says, that is what I say.
Ask Me
William Stafford
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Poem topics: I love you, away, hate, life, time, hidden, wait, current, listen, ice, silent, hold, slow, thought, difference, love, river, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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