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POWER

You lock me up for my words,
stitch my mouth closed
and drive the nails of fear
through my heart;
but listen,
the faint beat of a drum
sounds still.

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GUARDIAN

We are all keepers of the gate,
pick-axe pioneers of the road,
our strong shoulders carry the load,
challenge the face of fortune and fate
and polish the eyes of a child.

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NO KIND DEATH 4

Below the birds, the ocean stretches wide;
above, the sky hangs grey and low
covering the wake of the sail boat
as across the void it quietly floats,
falls over the horizon
and leaves a space where once you were.

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NO KIND DEATH 3

And I wonder about the sparrow,
if all sparrows are the same,
a universal bird that everyone knows
yet it lives without a name.

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NO KIND DEATH 2

Neatly packed is this childhood of mine
around the patriarchs and matriarchs
who buried joy in my deep heart
and kept me from being torn apart.

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NO KIND DEATH 1

You took flight
like the fat sparrows
from my deck
and carried my cargo
with you through the door
that opens and closes the space
between time and eternity.

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NO KIND DEATH 1

Below the birds, the ocean stretches wide;
And above, the sky hangs grey and low
Covering the wake of the sail boat
As across the void it quietly floats,
Falls over the horizon
And leaves a space where once you were.

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VIEW FROM A WINDOW

From up here
so wide is the stretch
of the sea
so low is the spread
of the sky
our broken talk is
heard within
our own hearts only.

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IN THE RAIN

Behind the curtain of rain
all things move slowly
and deliberately
and slightly out of focus;
we make our way
through the mist,
mere shadows of ourselves.

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Heading shades

These shallow eyes
hold a silent conversation
Behind dark glasses in the sun
While faces talk without moving

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