from a written SLam awhile back, had to use a proverb or somesuch ... later was published in an e-zine on another site (username 'amica' at the time)...
Also, recently found this artwork and was so drawn to it...reminded me of this piece in a way.

Thus, now a Proverb, a Psalm...
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Beneath this rumpled cotton blanket, torn and weary as myself, I am full of thirst. The window, aslant, set high in my room is shadowed and fierce; so dark here-- as I lay still on my cot. I am alone and this is, again, my night. Still, I must close my eyes and I must dream. I must... I will reach, clutch at branches, moving, sowing new seeds of light, yes, I will even make a way in the wilderness, this wilderness I've fought so long-- blinded and out of breath. Somewhere, long ago, so much younger and less afraid, I soared. I will, again in this dream-- It is my own. I am a gull, flapping my wings, thirsting for light, seeking home and oceans long gone. Wings flapping, harder and harder I slowly begin to soar-- Yes, I am making my way, now through this walled in wilderness and at last, I see! I see oceans of moonlight and rivers in the desert and I am lost in this new beauty. I am lost in my hard won dream, my own dream, come alive, true ... An oasis of peace, at last. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert." -- Isaiah 43:1

March 2005 AllWrite Magazine  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                             artwork "Valley of the Shadow"  by Shaun Hoadley http://www.geocities.com/shaun_hoadley/page5.htm   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~