someone has found a new home for me / people I know have come to help
everyone sits together the night before / agrees / how little trouble
my family is there
the men take off their armour / punch each others’ arms in fellowship
for the first time I notice / my mother is beautiful and loved
next morning everyone is busy /furniture I treasured re-appears / in place
/ fitting perfectly
there are drapes to open // light / will paint the room in beauty
the family is / tired
all the men / without their armour / curl together like pups
my mother has never before / been so beautiful and loved
In my new home / furnished with treasure / decorated with light
I think// this dream / is hope / I think // every hope / might contain / beauty appearing / love ready for exchange /
I remember // when everything dazzled me with beauty / every person was welcome to love
this is my dream / this is my memory/