Independence Day

If I put my words

   In actors’ mouths,

   they soar high.

In my own dry mouth

   They dribble out

   A dull lie.

Slowly, I am learning

   How to hear the

   New voices.

Slowly, I am seeing

   What the world wants.

   Their choices.

It may be too late,

   But now is it.

   All we have.

 Forget Tomorrow.

   The past is gone.

   Breathe my Love.

Just grab the sunshine

   And hold it tight.

   Near the sea.

On a mountaintop.

   Small figures reach.

   Flying free.