“A LETTER TO GOD”   FEB, 1998

A SLENDER SILVER TUBE.
     (A MISSING PART OF A HEART...)
TOPPED WITH A COPPER DOME.
     (A FLEETING SHADOW OF A PAST LOVE...)
SMALL, BLACK, GRANULES, FULL OF HIDDEN ENERGY.
    (FAINT MEMORIES OF A LOVERS TOUCH...)
ONE ROUND EYE THAT DOES NOT BLINK,
   (REACHING OUT IN THE DARK TO AN EMPTY PLACE...)
SIX LITTLE HOLES WAITING TO BE FED,
  (TEARS ON THE INSIDE THAT NEVER DRY...)
A COCKING OF THE HAMMER.
 (AN EMPTY HOUSE, A FULL GRAVE...)
FINGER ON THE TRIGGER.
   (A CHASMS EDGE TO OBLIVION...)
A SLIGHT TREMBLE.
 (A SLIGHT TREMBLE...)
NO POSTAGE REQUIRED-
(-A LETTER TO GOD.)

1ST PUBLISHING IN “AN ETERNAL FLAME”
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS # ISBN 1-57553-795-8  FALL 1998

FOREVER

I’M GOING TO LIVE FOREVER.
 THAT IS WHAT THESE WORDS ATTEST.
I’M GOING TO LIVE FOREVER,
 WELL PAST THIS MORTAL PLAIN.
THESE WORDS ARE ONLY MARKINGS,
 WRITTEN IN BLACK AND WHITE.
BUT THROUGH THESE, I’M GOING TO LIVE FOREVER.
MY FACE IS ONLY A DREAM,
 A GHOSTLY FIGURE IN SOMEONE’S MIND.
I’M GOING TO LIVE FOREVER,
 LONGER THAN ANY KING OR QUEEN.
AND AS MY BODY CRUMBLES,
 BACK TO THE EARTH AS DUST.
MY SPIRIT WILL GO ON FOREVER.
I’M GOING TO LIVE FOREVER,
 THESE WORDS IN THE TOMES OF GENERATIONS.
IN THE HANDS OF AN OLD MAN,
  FROM THE LIPS OF A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN,
 THE DREAMS OF A CHILD...
I’M GOING TO LIVE FOREVER,
 LIKE TEARS LOST IN THE RAIN.
BUT ON AND ON FOREVER,
 NO LOVE, NO HATE, NO PAIN.
I’M GOING TO LIVE FOREVER.
 FOREVER IS SUCH A LONG TIME...

MAY 26, 1998

 
 
 

MY DOG’S EYES’