106.

 

The wings of dreams

take me

over the rainbow of joy

to dance

after the rain

of love.

 

 

107.

 

The trip is long.

I remember faces

of my fellow travelers

the ones who got off

and I see the ones

who are still with me

and I wonder

in which station

I must get off

and which bus I should take

for my new ride.

 

 

108.

 

How many rivers of blood must flow

until we learn to forgive?

How long people

must live in cages

that their fathers made

before they find

that they were born free?

How many trees must fall?

How many species

must get extinct?

How long

the ocean of my mind

should bear storms

before I hear your words?

 

 

109.

 

I will consider

all the possible ways

and do my best.

I am going to move

before you say

checkmate.

 

 

110.

 

From hate to hell

they crawl.

Cavemen bring famine and ignorance.

Rose to love death

and to hate love

the thing they cannot understand.

No one thought

the wings can burn doves

and September could be so black.

When eyes saw a paradox

of the cavemen

that die to kill

and the firebirds

that rush to hell

to save lives.

 

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