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Crossing over

from Homeland by Gordon Thompson

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Based on some lines from Henri Nouwen and images from The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde

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I can no longer stay
Here in this dark land
Everything that kept me here
Is drifting like the sand.
Peace has flown away
Towns are empty shells
I need to cross into the place
Where my beloved dwells

This land is in my blood
I know its joy, it's pain
All it's ways are in my heart
But I can't come here again
Everything is changed
Melted into air
I need to shed this golden skin
Or I can't meet you there.

bridge: I need to plunge into the sea / and vanish near and far / I need to burn a thousand bridges / to come to where you are

All of the maps
All of the charts
Don't show the New Country
The dreams and habits of my life
Refuse to set me free
Peace has flown away
The dried-up woodland tells
I need to cross into the place
Where my beloved dwells.

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from Homeland, released February 7, 2020

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Gordon Thompson Melbourne, Australia

Gordon lives in Melbourne and is the publisher at Clouds of Magellan Press, and publisher of 'Bent Street: Australian LGBTIQA+ Arts, Writing & Ideas'. He has four children (at last count) with Petrina, also one dog (Shep) and 6 goldfish (Papa Jo and the Sylvesters) ... more

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