Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out
…………….. —Robert Frost
Safe
I'm safe
I've locked myself in
You're with me and safe too
Through the barred window of this box
the world has changed, grown more lovely
I savor its barred beauty more
as I recall it close at hand
Now unattainable it seems exquisite
or, I see now how exquisite it has always been
But we're safe now from its predations
bounded and safe
look, out there, the honeysuckle,
remember its scent?
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by Jim Culleny
12/10/13