<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">We Who Dream Know There Are No Borders</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><i style="font-size: 14px;" class="">“ . . . my cells, which are my stars . . .” Frida Kahlo</i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Spring Lake, Santa Rosa, CA</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Haloed by redwoods, a vulture sky,</div><div class="">and plump, comical geese, </div><div class="">the soul-body of Guadalupe shimmers.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">North on our backs, around our necks, </div><div class="">in our skin, snuggled in suitcases, </div><div class="">constant in cages, flowing underground. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">With September’s feathered heat and bountiful </div><div class="">barbeques. Tunneling cold tickles </div><div class="">our legs through the water’s massage. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Girls and boys play-fight for swan, burger, and</div><div class="">unicorn floats. Reborn in dream-water</div><div class="">lovers cradle one another, kids scream.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Late afternoons a breeze from the Pacific. </div><div class="">Geese gabble in, splash down with cartoon faces.</div><div class="">Without wings we made it. Lost a few. Lost a lot.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Among thorns roses, food trucks, vineyards,</div><div class="">hoodies woven with sweat and song, spirit-</div><div class="">water blessings, fresh sweet miracles, </div><div class="">we who dream know there are no borders.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Gwynn O’Gara</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></body></html>