Every time I see this lady I also hear the joyous refrain from Emma Lazarus, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free; send these the homeless tempest-tossed to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
How absolutely fitting and uplifting that she be portrayed here and held in our hearts on this day of new awakening.
Water gathering
most days I wait
through blue and sun
till dusk
or even later
and the rose has faded
to lavender, to gray
some days, the sleet
has started
and the leaves underfoot
are slick with ice
somehow I'm never sorry
and never learn
one night I waited
till the stars were out
dropped the bucket into
sound, only felt the weight
of it filling
and the night full of stars
and the river full of stars
and the bucket full of stars
come morning, the coffee
is also full of stars
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Every time I see this lady I also hear the joyous refrain from Emma Lazarus, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free; send these the homeless tempest-tossed to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
How absolutely fitting and uplifting that she be portrayed here and held in our hearts on this day of new awakening.
Some things just feel right. This is one.
Oh, yes!!!
♥
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