Uno Mas

Life’s about distance

and lack of control

A search for redemption

someone to console

Closer than farther

then farther again

A distant horizon

new history to fend

Excuses are many

the reasons but few

Voices heard calling

though old were once new

A spirit still willing

a body that’s weak

My pathway desponding

—once more do I seek

(The New Room: September, 2023)