Barbara R Maxwell

He was just 17

He came from a faraway land

Across the ocean

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I am a person

I am alive

I want to live

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I am a person

I am alive

I want to live

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The leaf was attached to a branch for decades

Every year it returned

Suddenly one day the branch

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I live far away from where I am from

I am in a different land

Across the waters

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I live far away from where I am from

I am in a different land

Across the waters

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We all have an edge

If we are willing to admit it

It gives us that extra push

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Hot heavy air fills the sky

No breeze to feel

The air is heavy

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It was quiet and still.

Not a sound could be heard.

A couple of birds flew through the air in the distance almost invisible.

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My body is tired

My soul is tired

My bones ache

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