-When no one is looking
I believe in possibility and dreams
when no one is looking,
that they will not be snatched
from my hand like the sparrow
by the zen master Grasshopper,
when no one is looking,
in that moment of disregard
the breath between breathing and being,
the quick blink to wet the eyes
the moistened tongue to mend
parched and cracking lips
the same which no longer sing
the song of hope and merriment
when no one is looking
there’s a quiver
the almost formed word,
which might set the world ablaze
when no one is looking,
and believing is freed
when no one is looking
and everything can just be
the child escapes doubt
and everything that’s never been
can exist within that breath,
when no one is looking…
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