Today I do not die

"Just there Once again Just looped Again and again Just us One making gains Just me gaining you Again, for only me Just me Only alive in you Just a grace of state Against all odds Just once more Onl..."

"Take hold once more, just this last trip. Warm me once, in farewell for all I was and wanted. Just this once, think more of me than that the canvas. Let me drink from the cup that I filled when I w..."

"A mile in his shoes That was the lesson. He had Glenlivet on his breath And two shoes, one red; one gray He smelt of cookies and blood A coppery blend of home and hospital. He had green eyes Black h..."

"Living only here in view; screened.There are those times I reliveAnd places I can’t forgetTimes and faces.I dwell too much;I can’t walk away,I can’t. I want those times, too much.I don’t have anything..."

"Tending the Embers Probing the gift Gray haired Warted and shriveled Scarred Burden and burdened Tending my place The last line A quiet insult Only warm in my memories Slowest in line Cold, always co..."

"When I was small; I needed to be bigger I prayed to God, to answer Every part of me wanted to be more, a part of others They were bigger, had answers They had what I wanted Took what I wanted even mor..."