<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://hellopoetry.com/poem/2133028/a-dreamer/" class="nocolor" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; outline: 0px; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Palatino Linotype", "Book Antiqua", Palatino, serif; font-size: 22px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: rgb(34, 34, 34) !important;">A Dreamer</a><div><br></div><div>by Mark Lecuona</div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 21.45pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">I saw the borders, they were open<br>Open for the huddled masses<br>I saw the sunny rain, trying to help<br>If it’s still true, why do I smell burning ashes?<br><br>I’m beginning to grieve, is it a just life?<br>I want a heart full of gladness<br>Is there a way to know how, <br>Is it mixed with too much sadness?<br><br>I drew a face in the sand; it washed away<br>We were all young once, <br>We don’t need the ocean to remind us<br>The wistful world lives inside the conchs<br><br>I wonder who can make me see<br>I already know, a bridge crosses my mind<br>It wasn’t a trick or a politic<br>Her hand was outstretched to mine<br><br>I saw the borders, they're still open<br>The birds fly over, following the sun<br>And the poor are still walking<br>Away from the gloom, towards God’s son.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></body></html>