Now (to Mark)

We live

In the

Idea

That we

Are

Permanent

But

We are

Simply

Temporary

The only

Task

We are

Charged with

Is

Grabbing

Life

Now

Heart

Remember

One

Does not

Require

Eyesight

To

Possess

Vision

One

Does not

Require

Ears

To

Listen

Or

Hands

To

Touch

One

Merely

Requires

A

Heart

Replied (to You)

Robin’s

Egg

Sky

Blushing

Clouds

Birdsong

Heralds

Daybreak

Lazily

Stretching

Linen

Draped

Dress shirts

Strewn

Trousers

Folded

Shoes

Tucked

Goblets

Dry

Good

Morning

Whispered

Good

Morn

Replied

SinkingMe (to Ti)

Alphabet

Salvo

Lobbed

Striking

Water

Level

Causing

Hemorrhages

Taking

In

Water

I

List

To

The

Mattress

Crippled

I

Bail

Tears

One

Last

Assault

You do

You

Said

I don’t

You

Fired

Sinking

Me

Silence

Do not

Write

To be

Read

but

Do

Write

To be

Heard

Do not

Speak

but

Be

Listened

Do not

Touch

To be

Felt

Touch

To be

Known

Let

Others

Know

You

In their

Silence