Damnation

I’m not saying 
that breaking up
is like dying
but it is
in one aspect
When someone is
ready to go
they often stay
not for themselves
but for others
the kindest thing
that anyone can
ever do for
anyone else is
let them go
when they’re ready
don’t hang on
causing them to
that’s called damnation

RickD’sBDay

Today is was
my older brother’s
birthday there hasn’t
been a single
day that I
haven’t missed him
he’d have been
sixty-eight had he
been given the
chance he’s missed
so much and
I have also
death is a
part of life
but the living
often shoulder the
burden of those
taken too early
rest in peace
my dearest friend
my best brother
see you soon

News

It’s the news that 
you know is coming yet
you never wish to
hear it’s never uttered
by those involved but
shared by someone else
he’s dying I’m told
it’s a sucker punch
you think of him
first naturally but then
as the shock washes
over you you think
of yourself and remember
it’s the remembrance that
pulls the air out
like a vacuum picking
up dirt and dust
and then they come
the tears oh the
tears not because of
sadness but of joy
for then you know
that he will go
and he will remain
a part of you

NeverEverAgain (to Melvin)

I just found out that a friend of mine was dying. Our last conversation was a terrible argument that ended things.  Today I was reminded of this saying: “Never be mad because you never know when.”

ClubQColorado 💔

What is to become

Of us when we’re

No longer allowed to

Dance will we drift

Like jellyfish on ocean

Currents avoiding each other

For fear of stings

Nodding as we pass

One barely apparent one

To the other our

Desire nothing more than

Spiny secrets that drag

Behind leaving a wisp

Of what once was