you can’t
put out
all the fires
other writing
unfinished business
sometimes
you just have to know
when it’s time
to walk away
a glimpse of heaven perhaps
there are some dreams
we hope
not to awake from
a glimpse of heaven
perhaps
a taste of desired
eternity
stars in eyes
remote
cold
beyond reach
your eyes
resolution
the tying up
of loose ends
regardless
of outcome
from a line by Yosano Akiko
like love overwhelmed
I step back
to catch my breath
and take you
in
remembering Phil
a true man
of vision
who when asked
by the army recruiter
what his IQ was
said
oh I can see
about a mile
on finishing yet another book on the history of a people
common denominators:
pettiness
jealousy
deceit
bloodshed
to look behind
is to see
what lies ahead
on teaching immigrants/foreign students
you changed our lives
they said
as they hugged me
then I thought
the change happened
in me too
a comment on the return of the prodigal
on being told
I live in Turkey:
but you don’t have
an accent
she said
that’s because
he’s my uncle
the reply
Leonard Durso 