(for a friend of mine who is slowly passing from a rare brain disease)

It is

the cruelest

of cuts

unkind.



the dying

from within.



a rattlesnake

strike that

found

it's mark.



who rots the

flesh and

rapes your

mind.



and then

takes

from you

a part

that could

not be

saved.



and like a

demon who

has  come to

visit you.



unwelcomed

and without

remorse,



sometimes

you will

sink deep

into it's

pain.



and a piece of

you will

be gone,



a high

price for

pay for

no chance

at salvation...



to this

new seed

that you

have

become.

I welcome

you.



in the darkest

of times,

in the depths

of your despair,



I will breathe

life into you,



and you

into me

as well.



in the

shadows

of your

solitude,



here is

where I

will come to

love you

best.