Ray Cicetti

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In a Dream

I watched a red-tailed hawk rise
then disappear through copper-colored clouds,

and something opened,
beyond time, beyond language—

beyond the one and two of it. And I stood in possibility—
somehow freed of my life's familiar rooms.

The clock ticked on the wall—cars moved on
the street below. A dark sky wavering into blue.

I was emptied out of the world I knew,
replaced for one moment by a bit of wisdom found.

Ray Cicetti is the author of "A Forest in His Pocket". His poems have been published in a variety of journals including, Tiferet, Exit 13, and Stillwater Review. Ray has also been a featured poet in various reading series. He currently lives in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey with his wife, Carolyn.