side by side I
In a private collection
sold through Edgewater Gallery on the Green
Love consists in this,
that two solitudes
protect and touch
and greet each other.
— Rainer Maria Rilke
from Letters to a Young Poet
This simple ‘holding hands’ barn set has
caught my eye for years whenever I take
Rte 116 through Bristol, Vermont.
The weathered grey siding was alive with
reflected color from the sky and the grass.