Sunny World, 2008
there’s just one thing to say,
left.
one thing to whisper quietly in your
ear.
softly.
I want to tell you, at a hush, that,
I love you, too.
And, that you will always be in my heart,
true.
truthfullness.
Is often lost to most of us, and, you knew
also.
That I should have left years ago & we were just
stubborn, hanging on.
it’s basic.
This life that I have been given,
didn’t come because I wanted it that much.
I never think of the best things, answers.
That’s why I treasure all of you.
simply.
Would you throw one man to save many--and, I, would jump.
No hesitation. Even if they weren’t all of you.
They are someone’s all. And, you would understand that I
couldn’t face the sun without their lives securely
sighted.
I held a woman under the water and her eyes were fine, once.
She was so beautiful--her blond hair, round cheeks, blue eyes.
I was dead to you, flat on the tile, head held down tight.
And, all of this is thanks to you.
smiling,
today,
in a sunny world.
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