Across the Sky

In the coffee shop  In spring dawn  Seeking a new

path  Wishing to never raise my voice again  You are

in my mind back in the motel

Now I see gulls outside  I want to return to the

ocean with you

Back in a place I call home, in new life  Now I see
clouds moving across the sky

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                           New Life

Just before dawn, an opening to transformation  I

listen to the news of war, then turn the news down 

and listen to silence
 

When I feel pain I wish to go inside, not hate you. I

wish to not give you the evil eye
 

I wish to go inside, then gently reveal myself
 

It is dark outside  There are faint motor sounds from

the interstate
 

i wish to not make my pain yours. I wish for new life.

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          In the North End
 

At dusk, on the steps

of the shelter  My homeless

friends and me

Close our eyes and breathe  No longer

stalked by chaos, in the North End

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          Awakening

I think of my enemy

walk out into the night

The sound of a warplane

gradually fades  I have awakened

from a dream.

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