what do poets leave behind?
mournful thoughts
feelings wrought
with love abandoned
life unfulfilled
or lover's wine-wet lips
devoured
in fleeting moments
stopping time
or peace and grace
to blanket hate
write calming thoughts
for tortured souls
we etch our words
upon the cosmos
ask it how
we came to be
to truly love...
to fully laugh...
to deeply cry...
to finally die
From Spirit Eyes and Fireflies, a TOPS
Member Anthology
(Beret Days Press 2011)