In her blue robe,
Mom would light up beacons from her woes,
flashing on the porchlight among row homes.
Needing safety,
I’d leave home after bedtime, and row across
sparkle-snow, and drag my footpaths through
the pines, past a creek bridge, and abandoned
railroad ties. I’d follow telegraph roads under
the ocean, seeking the eternal glow of escape.
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