To learn 
to love 
thyself is 
to embrace 
the wish
of God
placed upon 
every soul 

The chasm
too deep 
the divide
too wide
best left
looking at
other side 
for what 
is between 
is sadly 
a part
of apart

The frost fell 
overnight and I 
overall thinking that 
overwhelming cold chills 
the warmest hearts
the bed I
protected with blankets 
couldn’t ward off
his silent absence 

I have so
much pain that 
if ever I 
were to speak 
of it I’d
surely drown in
my own life
it’s best then
I think that 
I not and
let it seep
into the ground 
when I’m buried 
closer to Hell
where it belongs 
than to here

I do yearn 
to be young 
if only for 
the license to 
be stupid for 
being older now 
I have the 
wisdom of age 
and the perspective 
of many failures 
oh to once 
again be dumb