the dying winds of war
who do you love
when you are alone at sea
one sail & one body
—pieces of teak & cedar
space is like water
clusters of stars your next
destination
one wave after another
soon peace will be restored
—like never before
celebrations will erupt
throughout the lands
from the sea you make out
millions of candles
assembled along the shoreline
the dying winds of war
making them flicker
october two thousand twenty-three
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