We are a natural trip are we not
Stubborn, tough, confident
We walk into a room and we are noticed
Attention, smiles, familiar
We will need each other only when we want to
Cry, sigh, tell me why
Heart is aching tonight
Thinking about you, and you, and Grace
Wondering about choices
Deciding that while my life is lacking
Really how miserable that might sound to you
At this moment
Tubes, needles and ventilators
Providing fucking artificial life
Fucking artificial life
That final moment of acknowledgement
All that shit about living bold
Doesn’t matter
Doesn’t hold up
All that bravado was a lot of fun …
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Yet, there breathes that inner demon
Struggling and gnawing inside
Often quieted in moments
When the outside needed to feel safe
Crawling through the mire of mortality
Seeking some serenity
It never came at least while you were
Breathing naturally
We can only pray
For in the night He holds the key
To deciding your elegant fate
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We love you and know you and thank you
Quiet reminders of fragile human love