You were more Than yourself For me You were A reason

There was a day. it was in August we visited your mother in the hospital. Afterwards we wen… to a beach side burger joint.

There’s a hollow place Where your heart belongs Its vacuous emptiness Drains all compassion Consumes without satiation

Youth is wasted Proving you are a man Seniority is wasted Lementing lost youth

There are so many things I’d like to say to you But when I see your face My mind just goes blank I’m terrified

2015-01-12-19-24-55_poetryx You made it look so easy Walking away You made it look like It was nothing special

I can’t help wondering Was that really you Could it have been so High If I could answer

The million incandescent bulbs that line Gibbs St from Barrett Place to Main go out just after midnight. Stragg… smokers sit or stand in the alley

All the spaces between. All the things left unsaid. They are like the air packed into a vanilla milkshake

One more meeting Just one more Rendezvous And the courage To speak up