Suzanne Hayasaki Poems

I too have dreams
That leave me shaken.
I awake broken
Identity torn between dimensions.
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Sorrow I will not sit with you.
I will not wait while my life drains away.
I will not listen to you insist
That I am nothing but living dust
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I'm sitting here
Missing him.
Those long talks
That went nowhere
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An avian eye
Looks straight into mine
And reminds me that I
Am etheric.
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Slash me in the forest.
Rip my skin.
Peel away my identity.
Reveal me.
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We went to a restaurant by the sea
For fish as fresh as it could be.
We ate; we drank; we laughed; we talked.
Then out upon the beach we walked.
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Whisper some Shakespeare in my ear.
Maybe a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Or better yet, copy a sonnet, longhand, complete
With misspelled words and archaic punctuation.
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I am no leader.
I am no teacher.
I speak for myself.
I tutor no one else.
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When I pick up a pencil to sketch,
Language fades away
Taking with it time and place
And I am left with myself.
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'Where do I go from here? '
I queried the sky.
'Close your eyes, '
Came the reply.
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