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Re: Birth
for our Spring Equinox(es)
First breath.
To last breath.
What flows between
is the reveling
and leveling
of living.
The many faces
and found graces
of loving.
The transcendental
moments ~
of great epiphanies,
deep ecstasies,
timeless memories.
The embodiments
of you becoming
even now
ever new,
ever free
to spring.
Colin Goedecke
on Braidburn Way
Morristown, New Jersey
March 20, 2017
for Ute Dugan on becoming an American citizen
When you took your oath to life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness
today, the statue
of the colossally copper-clad lady
standing since 1886
at New York’s door
with her sunlit torch of gold,
smiled. And as she smiled,
ships of all shapes
and sizes and ages,
especially ferries and tugs,
blew whistles and horns
sky-high and bass-low.
And bells on bicycles
and church towers,
from the Battery to Gramercy
rang clearly, and joyfully.
All to salute you
and your declaration of independence,
your pledge to pursue the possibilities
and great freedoms
that come with being an American;
that belong to us as citizens;
who, us among them, welcome you
today with broad stripes and bright stars.
Colin Goedecke
New York City
April 2007