An Ordinary Dream

When you are in a nest of freedom
the cries from distant lands
become daily news
that trickles past before your eyes

A quiet starry sky
a smile by the window
the laughter of children
the sweet scent of toasted bread

A boy's
a mother's
ordinary people's
ordinary dreams

A new year
an endless, unreasonable war

Even if you are not free
please find joy
even if you are looking down
please keep on living

I open the window
I grip the curtain
thinking of Ukraine shivering in the cold sky
and I
sow seeds