on the bridge to eternity…
just the match
that lights the lantern,
just the wind carrying
the dust of truth…
just the soft rain falling
in the darkness before the dawn,
just the echo of the sound
of your soul saying, ‘hello’…
just the touch of a human hand,
when you need it the most,
just a passing smile,
and the glint of the eyes…
then, so be it!
i do to get by every day…in the clouds in the skythat turn at sunset…in the song i humthat has no name…looking for you…in the dishes i dry,and stack on the shelf…in the quiet time walkingwith my old dog…in the books i readin the failing light….looking for you…in the aches and the painsthis old body…
sunlight in the rain,turning colors o’erthe prism mountains…hungry for life,to fill the emptythat you cannot name…naked, unashamed,you wipe the wrinkleswith childlike hands!
you’ll always besomebody’s bitch.or stand…and even if youget knocked down…nobody will own you!
his innocenceto the endto pay for anotherman’s life takenjustice?or murder?yet that whichwe grieve forcannot restorea lifedid not the Godthat we professspeak forgiveness?and who will payfor the life takentoday?
hard eyes that have listened and seen.hard eyes that have touched.hard eyes that have foughtbattles that couldnt be won…hard eyes that have sharedthe suffering of others….hard eyes that have known beauty and loss…hard eyes that make choices that are not easy.hard eyes that have been betrayed,hard eyes that have loved…hard eyes that cross the threshold…hard…
and bloodied by the night…eyes that have seen,the hard and the real,no excuses, no regrets!the man that stands,naked to the world,crying out in defiance…carries the weighted pathof the choices he’s made…walking, ever forward…to meet the fray!
