I'm never gonna find it
Not it or her or Him
Call my oldest son
He works out at the gym

Sunlit Italy
Misty Seattle rain
Life is suffering
Unrelenting pain

                    Patience...

I could never find it
Not it or Him or her
55 years
Mostly now a blur

I rewatch Syriana
Tragedy awaits
San Francisco, California
Dragon at the gates

              Contemplates.

I write because I like it
Play a bit with words
Albert Camus, JMU
My life become Absurd

I'd like to die in sleep
Wonder if she heard?
I'd like to rest in peace
Silence be the cure

                Amen.

I took two years of Latin
But I wasn't very good
Rome on my honeymoon
And in my neighborhood

One eye on the ancient world
Two feet in bullet trains
She and I start dancing
In the Purple Rain

                   Nikki!

I think of her, dear reader
Quiet on the train
Her book, her phone, her tea
Come the misty rain

Not much in my life
My comfy couch is green
If I die at night
If I Ben Vereen

          See what I mean?

Silent in Kyoto
I took the bullet train
Never been to Heaven
Never been to Spain

3 days in Vienna
One night in Tel Aviv
Satellite Beach, Florida
Hutch, Mike, and Steve

          snowfall shunyata

One day at a time
One life only
Silent desperation
Lonely lonely lonely

Once I was a teacher
Poetry each day
Silent meditation
Silent is the Way

          xie xie