one night
when I can walk out
and see the stars again
flooding a clear upturned
sky bowl like still lanterns,
I will say
this is my home!
this is my city!
one day
when I wake to the
morning calls of birds
and a solemn flood of
silence at daybreak,
I will say
this is my home!
this is my city!
one afternoon
drowsy and calm,
settling into a book
as dogs lay sideways
under umpteen trees,
I will say
this is my home!
this is my city!
and in evenings
spent in undisturbed
meetings and charm,
and roads untarnished
bright-lit and sparse,
I will say
this is my home!
this is my city!
I know I will have
to go in search of one,
waiting is a hazardous
stagnancy except in love,
for where the peace is,
I will say
is my home!
is my city!