Have you been
Hiking the Quiraing trail on the isle of Skye?
watching golden eagles as they fly by?
Have you been
Hiking through fields of paintbrush on Mount Hood?
From Trillium Lake to Timberline, if you haven't you should.
Have you been
Pushing a frontier, discovering the new
Being all you can be, pursuing every clue?
Have you been
Locked in a small box on a Sandinista command?
They call it a Casita because there's no room to stand.
Have you been
Found dead in a Gulag before you might have been traded
For a Russian hitman, now all hope faded.
Have you been
Imprisoned by the scheming of one man's small mind
wings clipped, hemmed in, and confined?
Have you been
Locked up for ten years in Ariel Castro's basement
Chained, beaten, having ten years wasted?
Have you been
In solitary confinement for a year, because you protested fraud
In a D.C. jail, rights trampled roughshod.
Have you been
Dying with no friends left, in a hospice bed
Your sons think you are unaware, but you're all there, not yet dead.
Have you been
Dreaming at your desk, with your eyes wide open?
Looking for space, wishing for time to surf life's ocean?
The Casita and the Cat
By Franklin Price
3/10/2016
The Casita and the cat
And Wonder Woman makes them three
Traveling 'round this country
Posting pics for you and me
Heading on the highway
In weather cold or hot
Always an adventure
To places planned and not
Seeing friends and meeting strangers
Who are not that way for long
The tires rolling on the road
Play that see the country song
So proud of you, you did it
It has been an awesome trip
Dunked your whole self in the water
Was not just a little dip
Wishing you the safest journey
As you travel on your way
Our door is always open
For another place to stay
You can tell us tales of where you've been
Of where you've stood and sat
And all of you are welcome
You, the Casita and the cat
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