Everything you ever saw
Everything you worked for
Everything you ever knew
Every love you found
Every friend you made
Everything that you hold dear
Everything you needed
Will one day
All be gone.

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens

Upon opening my eyes
I saw that there was nothing left.
No tenuous threads of plans
Nothing familiar
Just a distance
Leaving me wholly untouched,
As the world writhes
United with love and expectation.
My only possession
A counterfeit
Joy.
Absent participation.
Loveless but loving.
Burning underground
Bound by sleep.
An existence
exchanged for hours.
This day,
Like every other
Ending without
consequence
Every breath, a defeat
With nothing to show.
Your embrace —
My fondest memory.
I died a thousand deaths
To let you go.

You left this world
So long ago
The last time I saw you
Burned into me
Like a brand on
skin
Your words
Faint
Thru cruel age.
What was it you said?
I couldn't
make it out
Your frustration showing.

That feeling
Lost words
Haunting me
As tears burn
After all these
years.

Don't open your eyes
Today.
Don't stir from thoughtless
Slumber.
Each word you say is wrong.
Each choice that's made  — a blunder.
Don't try to give your all today
For it won't be enough.
Don't fight against this devil dog
It's bark is not a bluff.
Just go and hang your weary head
Perhaps go back to bed.
You might not win each battle,
So win the war instead.

Love.     you are a stranger
Knocking
on my door.
Gnashing teeth
"Let me in."
You were a
Golden savage,
Glistening with
sweat and promises,
Hot and sticky
A siren on the rocks.
"Let me in."
No,
That fire is
Extinguished
I don't know you
Anymore.

It takes more strength
to live Than it does to
die. It takes more heart
to smile Than it does to
cry. The easy road is
crooked The fruitful
path is long. It's cold
out in the world when
you don't belong. The
cruel word hits harder
The kinder word is
weak. Shut your mouth
and listen You don't
have to speak. Forget me
now it's easy Love is letting
go. Goodbye dear, don't
worry I'll never let it show.