"to rediscover the love of humanity"

Asheville, NC, USA
female
separated, 5 children
Focalizer
Speaks: English
Joined Jun 12, 2006

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i will return... Monday, 10:19 PM
someday, when i am free,
i will return to lie down
among the shifting white dunes
of the American desert...

i will creep along high rocky cliffs,
to hide in seacaves
and watch storms move in
across the great choppy waters...

i will live in a timeless way,
trading bottomless sorrows
on the endless road
with my mama earth...

i will cruise down through
hot winding canyons,
pavement buzzing under the
fast moving wheels off the car...

i will roam thru grassy flatlands,
whipped by strong winds
smelling of baked bread,
counting countless black oil wells
engaged in their silent rhythmic dance,
sucking black milk from Her body...

i will pass with tired joy
over state line after state line,
crossing boundary after boundary,
For truly i am free already,
even if only in my mind...

i will touch with wonder
the pebbled black ribbons of
every back road off the interstate...
humming my ode to the road,
exploring abandoned houses,
contemplating overgrown cemetaries...

i will sleep peacefully
among huge granite boulders
beneath billions of stars...

i will sing and call out
to the vastness of the night,
anonymous once again
on a new orleans street corner,
enveloped and enlightened
by the salty smelling breeze
carrying tunes from a lone musician
into my ears to touch my soul
and tell me everything is real again..