gordon francis

As a man
I realized I had lost my youth
but I still
longed
...

Can you,
right now,
close your eyes
and think back
...

Close your eyes and
think
Open your mind and
look
...

Mom set no limits
when it came to playing with the stars,
groping, handling, as in darkness,
yet alight with anticipation.
...

I
just
thought
of something,
...

As a child
I thought of nothing
but childish things,
never forced
...

As a boy
I thought of nothing
but boyish things,
never forced
...

As a teenager
I became unsure
of
hanging onto the past
...

My magical forest had become trees
and
behind the trees stood
more trees
...

If you could wish for no more sorrow in the world
knowing your wish would come true
and knowing there would be no more joy,
would you make the wish?
...

We hear the sound of a washer washing
and we imagine a boat leaving a dock.
We feel the sound of a hammer hammering
and we sense the music of a wood-peacer pecking.
...

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