Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Corner Room 5:30pm

Years ago I was housed

in a big white living room

— a doctor’s quarters —

over-looking a busy highway

— too busy for Me —

as I lay on a long white couch

for the day, or weeks even

in My Transition from hospital stays

to this room, The Room Of My Arrival

here on The Hawk

with a big wide window

over-looking

the sustaining ocean

of Survival