a dream in one act

poems

 

Phoise

 

at the bottom of the stairway to heaven

i saw a young woman

she lay there

looking at the stairs

looking past the stairs

she had fallen when climbing them

and she had wounded her legs

i watched her crawl around

at the foot of those stairs

watching her legs move fluidly

she wasn't hurt

it was imagined pain

i walked and stood beside her

not looking down on her

but into her eyes

i held out my hand

"when you are ready

when you see your legs are strong as anyone's

when you believe in yourself

and feel ready to touch the sky

take my hand

it will always be here

for you

i will always be here

for you"

 

Sep 17, 2001

 

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