Poems While Traveling

The Lion

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He moves beside her through the city

When he is leading he appears to her as a man

She follows him willingly, easily

But when she is leading he is a lion

Strolling beside her, sprawling beside her when she sits

More a creature than a man

They exchange leads throughout the days

Throughout the weeks and the months

Now she is bringing him out of the country

Getting his visa Buying his airline ticket

She is leading the lion out of captivity

Setting him free

While sitting together and buying Sasha's airline ticket, he appeared to me as a lion in the KLM office, and I thought of capturing that image in these words. 12/22/93 Kiev, Ukraine



	Poems from Kiev, Ukraine - December 22, 1993 The Lion (click here for PDF Version) He moves beside her through the city When he is leading he appears to her as a man She follows him willingly, easily But when she is leading he is a lion Strolling beside her, sprawling beside her when she sits More a creature than a man They exchange leads throughout the days Throughout the weeks and the months Now she is bringing him out of the country Getting his visa Buying his airline ticket She is leading the lion out of captivity Setting him free While sitting together and buying Sasha's airline ticket, he appeared to me as a lion in the KLM office, and I thought of capturing that image in these words. 12/22/93 Kiev, Ukraine