MY SANCTUARY

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Deck 9:03am

This has been The Place

of My Full Recovery

from My Mother’s Death

of more than Twenty Years

This is The Place of My Happiness and Joy

with Molten Silver on The Sea

Bird Life, Cat Life

My Life and My Husband’s

–

The Hawk Living Room Window 4:43pm

My Serenity Level

cannot be measured

there is no equipment

like The Blood Sugar Thing

there is only The Sun

streaming in over Me

as I sit on the end

of The Tomato-coloured Couch

with The Window open

airing in The Waves

from The Southern Tip

of The Hawk