Like dawn of a new day
when life deals you new cards to play
you literally have to start from the beginning;
while you're up all night wailing like a child, screaming-
into the unknown
begging god to take you home;
anything is better than feeling alone.
And by far is nothing more empowering
than to be completely on your own.
Every step creates a new beginning,
next thing you know you're winning
as if for the first time
without anywhere particular to go.
Liberation at it's finest
is the existential power of
being alive and feeling completely whole.
(New York, 2021)