i embrace your death
with a mournful catching of breath
the razorwire net i lived above
knowing the fall would occur
wasn't there to ease or to soften
the stale old retreaded laughs
i cling to
seem to have run their course
their novelty and the simplistic charm
is now wearing thin
your hand always was
a soft touch in the wind
never a cement stone sharing the same glove
these lines are not rehearsed
they're not notes taken in class
words scribbled over pink streaks
from the god-side of the pencil
these are words from a low hung
short slice
yet
slow bleeding being
when read they might not make sense
but
if you had a friend
who died a mid-twenties death
drowned by a 'weighty paper'
you probably still wouldn't get it
so
for her...
i embrace your death
with a mourning sighing of breath
kiss
J. James Martinez
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/oct-25-2007-12-42-am-pacific-standard-time/
