Pat Raia

Pat Raia Dec 2018

Not yet

I've
asked
for
forgiveness
and
I've
prayed
for
grace
I've
asked
God
to make
me
good -
just
not
right
away

Pat Raia Dec 2018

It's
easy
to get
tired
in
the middle
of
a battle
in
a war
you don't
expect
to win
but
try
to underestimate
me
and
it is
war
no more
it's
personal

Pat Raia Dec 2018

Arithmetic

A dozen
misunderstandings
at least
one hundred
slights
Thousands of
small indignities
that
can't be
overlooked -
A million
brand new
chances
to get
to alright -
Your heart
is no
accountant -
but
mine
is

Pat Raia Nov 2018

My Father

My father
gave up
half
his life
saving
his bother's
skin
protecting
his sister's
virtue
keeping
his father
rich
So
he never
understood
what
I had
become
and why
I'd
grown
unwilling
to do
anything
he had
done

Pat Raia Oct 2018

The private life of a guardian angel

I
shoot dice
with
the sinners
and
extol
the souls
of the saints
and
I
arm wrestle
the devil
for pocket change
I smoke
too much
and
I drink
too much
and
I overeat
whenever
I can
Still
I'm there
when you
need me
Always.
I am ...
After
I finish
this cigar

My kind of angel

Pat Raia Oct 2018

I wonder

Everybody
loses something -
keys
and
coins
and
letters
from
old lovers
It takes
nearly
a lifetime
to lose
these things
for good -
So
what is
the soul
allowed
to keep
I wonder?

Think about it

Pat Raia Sep 2018

I wonder

Everybody
loses something -
keys
and
coins
and
lovers
It takes
nearly
a lifetime
to lose
these things
for good -
So
what is
the soul
allowed
to keep
I wonder?