you want to be free—hold
a gale same way it passes
strong and sudden
especially how sound bursts
from the mouth and makes
the stomach soft especially
when the eyes are burning to
burn slow enough the shadows
blend with the light, and
hope is the only peace known,
intimate—when all is a strong
wind and like the wind
so, us.
Published by Stephanie McManus
Poetry described as whimsical, daring and perceptive: my writing tends to reflect on life experience and human nature. I come from a humanist point-of-view with influences from non-theistic Christian and Buddhist philosophy.
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