SamadhiMuse

            How I love the sounds of Vancouver
              German voices, Russian, French.
            Faces from all over the world
              in this city-park
                 on the edge of the Northwestern
                    continent.
                                    gallagher
                                    26 july 85
                                    Vancouver

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

                       Expo – 86
               That against all the insanity
                 some people struggle still
               to give us better visions
                 that we might direct our will.
               That voices still sound, calling
                 against the manic muted roar
               reminds me, in my slumber,
                 that I can choose once more
               the values of a loving spirit
                 and not the dogs of war.
               That I can find a child’s wonderment
                 and not the material whore.
                                 gallagher
                                 27 july 86
                                 at the Vancouver Expo-86

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

      Close your eyes
        and feel the breeze in your hair.
      Listen to the car tires passing
        and feel the sun press you there.
      Listen to the wind’s passing
        and the silent spaces between.
      You could be setting on a mountain side in Canada,
        or in an industrial park in California,
      a beach in Singapore
        or a desert in Asia.
      With your eyes closed
        it could all be the same.
                             gallagher
                                28 july 85
                                Vancouver

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —