08.09.2005 - catching the dawn
catching the dawn
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This viscous material
called the night sky
holds us aloft
pushing against us
the world turning towards us
as we insist on going East
walking up the down escalator
Looking out the portal
one can see
the edge of the world
crowned in the
halo of dawn
we chase towards it
night recedes
and our ship is soon bathed in light
pouring through the
small oval windows
dazzling.
On my form, they ask
what my purpose is
and i must select
"returning home" -
but that is not true.
home is with you
lost in the depths of
night behind me
and i'm going now
to a city i've never lived in
that i know nothing about
i'm not returning home.
I look at your photos
and hold back my tears.