Safety (to Bean)

And then someone

Threw me overboard

And unable to

Swim I was

Sinking when suddenly

Two splashes above

Me happened suddenly

First a buoy

And then you

Pulling me from

Deaths grip you

Brought me air

And carried me

To the safety

This you did

Only for me

Music ( with bean and I)

And so I

Grafted myself to

You and you

Small broken flower

Less and somewhere

In between I

Knew that you

Would never grow

Without me music

OldFriends (to You)

The best chili

Is the chili

Prepared one day

And ate the

Next there’s something

About waiting that

Doubles its flavor

It steeps thickens

And deepens color

Parts just disappear

Until they land

Yet once again

And that mmmmm

That’s you too

My old friends

MiraclePrayer (to Bean)

And today perhaps

Perhaps just today

Your miracle happens

If I were

An Angel and

Could grant your

Wish I certainly

Would but like

So many others

I’m a demon

Looking for my

Own salvation in

This crippling world

Of abject damnation

Writing this I

Pray that you

Are blessed by

Yours long before

I’m given mine

For that is

The closest thing

To a miracle

I can muster

WeBothLoved (to my Bean)

And so he

Arrived onions and

Kidney beans in

Hand he said

Make me chili

And so I

Did and we

Started the cooking

And eventually dined

And shared stories

Triumphs and disappointment

Then there between

Sour cream and

Chives we realized

That one thing

We both loved