(2013)
I see words screaming for attention etched in the lines of your face Let me look closer
I say hello and you say nothing You may hear me you may even think of a response
I thought I could drink you away but I had to stop being so drunk on you first
Everyday I lived out a song written just for you But you could
I was like a rain cloud over a small garden and dammit if you weren’t that garden so full of flowers that I fell in love
I spend my nights wishing on every star in the sky that you are alive and well
I hope this is postmarked before my death certificate is dat… but you’ll know why if it is or if it isn’t If you get this in time
I would write a sweet poem and title it with your name if I loved you at all
I don’t remember any anesthesia after talking with you but I woke up stitched back
Under the weight of life I forget how to breathe and I feel suffocated I hesitantly make peace with the world
Everyday brings a new death in three words give or take Some days I drown
I grew up in a house built in 1937 long before codes and regulations and sometimes
Just when I get back on my feet you pass on by and I lose my footing Again
My heart was paper now folded six times over to make it harder to tear I only hope that
Everyone sees god in a different light but I was born without eyes
