Return (El Salvador, 1983)

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Return (El Salvador, 1983)

Two years with no word.
The stick you planted
sprouted leaves last spring,

restoring hope. We had long
thought it dead. Two leaves
and a bud. A note

scrawled on a dollar bill,
unsigned and smuggled out
by some kindly stranger.

This is not much.
We can do little
but watch the tree grow

while you count steps
and deny the walls of a room
that light never touches.

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31 thoughts on “Return (El Salvador, 1983)”

  8. Robert, will you poetically adopt me and be my mentor? lol. You write such beautiful poems. Hope I am not making you blush. Just my way of saying thank you for sharing your gift and craft as it touches many.

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