It's crippling me
Hidden tears line my pillowcase
They trickle into my beard
Like rain watering thirsty flowers

you're gone now,
but it wasn't a waste of time.
thank you, truly,
for the love you offered me.

my grip is slipping,
and falling scares me.
my world is fading away.
h      
          e
                     l
                             p
       m
                 e

h
          e
                    l
                          ­     p
          m
                     e

writing was an escape but even now words slip off the paper like tear drops.

there's a thin white line
between "glad because of it"
and "sad without it"

Don't put your plastic
on the beach
The fish think
it's something to eat

"The moon could not go on shining if it paid any attention to the little dogs that bark at it."

keep your eyes closed love.

           e     t      
       m           i
    o                 m
s                        e  
                            s     all you have to
                                                                ­
                                                                ­ l                  to is what the sound
                                                           ­      i            n
                                                  ­                s           e
                                                               ­          t

                                                              ­                               v
                                                               ­                         a        e
                             ­                                          of the  w               s
                                                               ­                                       
                         ­                                                                 ­            tells  you
                                                                ­                                        to do.

i anchor
myself
to the back
of your mind
you wish
me away
but here
i still linger