The Arc

The sun again visits me -
it is my day
"my day in the sun"
more hoped-for than promised
as I turned to face
the wall, to plod
the road of mud

the sea glitter, the bright
aqua sky, the bright
cliff grasses and the bright
birds: I turned my
back to think and write

to make a way through.
This is no circle, this is
an arc of black fire
one end of the bow
was that walled moment

the other end is now:
in full hot sun, battle
won and only
26 harsh years between.

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