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Escape Into the Light By Nathaniel Goldberg Copyright 2000 Nathaniel Goldberg

A poem about the writer's plans for escape.

I will escape into the light to lie here cocooned by space and time, up till morning seeps beneath my doors with fingers of light erasing every blackness to glance through shutters at a new world of daylight stopping by the wayside to savor the sweet scent of new mown grass and Lilacs I shall travel to Paris to renew old acquaintances. When dawn appears over rooftops, peace and tranquility will prevail. A time to celebrate a time for whispers of a new life. I will revisit the Eiffel Tower in the dark to view the city of lights.