Life for Life
Life for Life
When you can’t remember
your supposed trouble
you know the day has taken a turn
for the better
Funny, the trash you couldn’t deliver
on account of not knowing
where the dump is
was forgotten when
you began this trip
Then Night falls, and you remember
there are no freaks, just nature
You remember the
embarrassment of your own mortality
you remember you don’t know
and never have
You remember love’s transparency
pain’s jealousy
and what’s only seen in
the moonlight is lost in the
white, white day
You remember life longing for life
and all its attendant suffering
and that no one else
can do it for you