Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Tomato-coloured Couch 5:04pm

Every Instance of My Life

Every Moment before I was conceived

has added up to where I am

right now, in this New Moment

writing in the dusk of My Favourite Living Room

on A Piece of Land I own

on An Island where I feel welcome

in A County I have traversed

in A Province I favour

in A Country where I am proud to be A Citizen

on A Continent which identifies Me

on A Planet I Love

and will Love

until I die