I was free once, And nobody cared an inch what I’d… That’s how I liked it, that’s wha… Now, for a year or more, The state knocking at my door,

We are all, who never willingly to… Blue light home, flashing yellow s… The world in between, on whose sha… Flashes yellow and red, and spends… Intruding time, we cannot fix

I saw a dream that cried Riding the bus, passed the tractor… And construction to the outside of… Not a farm but a field A small ranch with a slight mess i…

We were... Once In the middle of the night I wrot… While you pretended to be asleep After I was. and awake suddenly i…

I dreamed once, For true naive That we would walk Sanguine and silly Besides the trees

The whole world eats Our love, lives and dreams We sit and sigh another eve

I want to marry you That’s the way it is, true Not just paper, or for show In the way only we know It’s true, already though

The issue is, We, those of us who did not come h… Willingly We’re too red And white

I’m sorry thats what I meant to s… And that it happened this way I saw some things For months in California Then across the road

Turpentine and willfulness Robins and terns, with etching sti… We gliding by, whole as much in ou… No it’s not nothing, an epic, for… For surviving with the beauty we h…

We are Greek, in a democracy We are not pawns for autocracy, We the characters of an Odyssey, Are not your lies for tooth fairy, We are humans with lives you prete…

As the wind settles Eyes grow dim, tired still In the morning we begin again In so doing, if you can Please do not pretend...

All of that was After they knew. I travelled the continent to say be careful I’m sorry

The only promises I’ll make Are the ones you’ve already seen i… I swear, on my life. Paradox of poem and silly sky So is life, on faith we dive.

I hope you get your dreams From where I sit I cannot see. I hope you are in gilded light Near it does not surround my eyes. I hope you have sound peace