The Symbolism of Archery
The marksman
hitteth the mark
partly by pulling,
partly by letting go.
-Egyptian proverb
—
In any reaching
I pull inwards,
I let go, outwards.
In a relationship,
with another,
my personal drawings
pull this person
to me — then,
they are released:
an arrowflight
lofted skyward
to another orbit
and while I might
hope for a happy
arc, the downward
return to earth,
to each, might
shatter a shaft
before renewal —
to each: the archer
and the arrow
in each, the pulling
and in movement,
the letting go.
One arrow transits
in new trajectory,
another drawn
from the quiver
of living, passing
anew.