VICTORIA HEIM

Freedom Summer

The mean~hearted are watching fro the Just
seeking the occasion to destroy them
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Years ago
where rice is planted
near the Irrawaddy River
King Alaungpaya
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A Place Called Hope

Wandering here and going there
feeling lost and just afraid
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Have a Year of Milk and Honey

A wish for Happiness,
A holy path to Heaven
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Lahaina Serenade

Meet under the expansive Banyan tree near the Waterfront
Amazed at the anchored Tall Ship
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Hoosier Style

Rare and with quality
some with nickel plated headlamps
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Lasting Blessings

The time of year and hear
with anticipation
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The Way of Peace

Evening shadows fall upon the highest peaks
Down below the twinkling lights begin to illuminate
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Rising out of the mists
Mount Kailas
a holy pilgrimage site
Its snows reflect
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Royal barge
Long tail boat
All float
Upon the River of Kings
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The Elder
spoke to the gathering,
They came to listen and learn
about the First People
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When in the lonely winter one longs
for the beauty and warmth of Spring
I miss your presence and the leaves of green
the last time your hand touched mine
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Candleglow - the halos glimmer
on the sacred portraits - icons
communicate examples of piety
a kiss delivered for the nearness of devotion
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Of Just Wonder

The scariest part
Of a jump
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The young soldier looks in the
Wise doctor's eyes
Saying, ''Please don't let me die.''
Mothers, Fathers
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Ready the Skipjack
out in the Chesapeake
Oysters are fewer-still waiting to be brought up
from the sandy depths
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They are used to carry
jute to the mills
from village to village
and to the market
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Come little child
I will tell you
what I have learned
about an object
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It has been a long time
let us get together we say
has it been that long
where has the time gone
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