Perchance to dream in solitude,
of raven’s flight and puppy smiles,
to sense the light that shines beyond,
in endless quiet reverie.
I seek the dawn of yesterday,
far miles across an endless sea,
that winds a path from here to there,
and back again to me, and thee.
I see the twilight cold and gray,
come swiftly ‘fore the endless night,
when shadows dance beneath the elm,
and coyotes sing in harmony.
We feel the touch across the miles,
of time and space that knit us whole,
through strife and life’s calamity,
like a sentence dangling for a word.
When finish thoughts from long ago,
left love unsaid in anger’s haze,
while watching raven’s flight,
…and puppy smiles.
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