Jim Freeman is an American expat now living in the Czech Republic. He has posted some of his narrative poems online at http://www.praguewriter.com. Below is a poem that really resonated with me:

                          Time Between Lives 

The time of life between lives
That gulp, between two long breaths
Reflecting on what's gone before
Preparing to resume the trek
A pause becomes a needed thing
as                             
A marriage may have ended
With all the wounded lying                                                                  
Broken soldiers on a battlefield
crying in pain, looking for mom
Waiting the wait that's endless
or
Rediscovery of self and worth
Knowledge of another life, offstage
needing water, sun and nurtients
Undiscovered, but waiting here
to bloom, attracting all the bees
yet
A million reasons from the millions
who find themselves at the brow
of hills they've climbed
to take the long view
catch their breath, take off again
so
Take long enough to know just where you are
Remembering the history you've made
Turn it in your hand and catch
the breath and time you need
to end the wars and wars and wars