Old lives


from the ABC set Poetry - Recovery Position

All my old lives
have rolled
into the one with you
my life has changed
in a whispering
of farewell and bon voyage.

I am Janus-faced
towards bow and stern
yestering and tomorrow
I am set against
a wind of transformation.

Oh let me disembark
onto the promised soil
now resting under
the Gods.

Let me live
this new life. The one
you hold.

(For MLD, February 14, 2008)

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