Last Day at the Orphanage

1. eyes of a donkey

big brown orbs
tousled hair
looking my way

behind the fence
gentle hands
touch your face

my new meditation
when car alarms
explode in my head

this quiet moment
reverberates

2. white calf

in the dark room
we crawled in

beautiful calf
skittish leaning
toward the light

keep her inside

don't let her out

quiet holy moments
away from everyone

we leave the room
entering the light

and on

3. the hill

sitting on the hill
writing in my journal

a village puppy
walks up to me
and sits down

the green hill
and animal life
surrounds me

I don't know what to do
so I shrug

I look at you
and smile

the clouds pass
leaving sunbeams
strafing the ground

the dog trots off
and I write

visions of brown eyes
in my head