To need
is first
to want
comes second 
to have 
is third 
to lose
them all 
reminds me 
that no 
one ever 
really knows 
at all 

Friendship is 
the strongest 
bond capable 
of weathering 
any storm
resistant to 
erosion and 
incapable of 
being broken 
by time 
or age
or health 
friendship is
the strongest 
bond ever 
to be 
between two 

What does 
one call
a life
without strife
bliss blessed
me I
think happiness 
and peace 
and joy 
will do 
for these
and those 
and that
and theirs
I have 

I never knew 
of this emptiness 
having rather gathered 
things to stuff
thinking that plump
better than lean
but now I 
cherish this room
that I am
essentially containing nothing 
nor missing same 

I see a line 
of light upon wall
striped and bright a
space break or missing 
where curtains lack cover 
a hint of day
and whisper of night 
a tease and tickle 
just like finger puppets
and of ghoulish stories