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To Amy,
With love and courage
In your determination to overcome cancer ...

And what of the sky?
To me, its color only deepens with my knowledge
That maybe my face cannot heed it in the same way as the
others
That my mouth may not curve as so natural to swallow its rain
Or my cheeks to reflect its blue radiance

So maybe it is the clouds
That remain unaffected by the quiver of my hands
That engulf me in a warm, dark shadow as any other
That transform themselves into any form or shape to seek

no one's satisfaction
Their free glide of passage above gives strength in my own
journey, along the path

of hope and faith
I travel on land.

Kristin Vick

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