A place
Where I don't need to hide,
A world that shines so bright
I don't wanna close my eyes
or sleep at night.
For the light is my life
and I know this is right
and I feel for the earth to my soul
to the bowl
of milk
that is left
in the cleft
in the middle of her
last
craft
and her last
laugh.
My baby's last
last laugh.
For she slips away
As fast as she came, she left.
One moment my whole life was there.
In the face of a kid who's age not four.
And yet,
I sit.
Wondering.
Dreaming.
What if?

if a song's honest
words would be stripped to the tones
just pain and desire

if lust's a sin whose
intention is overlooked
man should not exist

if eyes were mirrors
a child's are a calm lake as
they reflect the stars

if pain's a teacher
it is the most patient one
for we never learn