The old man lies in his
Bed, eyes closed,
Surrounded by family.
They watch him reach
Up and grasp at
Something they can not
See.
Last words they heard
Him speak was the
Name of his wife,
And then he was gone.
Author: WordmanofAlcatraz
Poet, Husband, Father, Son
Experience
The experience was like a
wicked velvet tongue
before the dam broke…
block parties go all night,
I just gather peonies and
moonlight and save
them for another
evening
Never
I dipped one foot
Into the cold water of
Immortality, and some
Grand Horn blasted in
The emptiness
Never have I felt
Anything like the wonder
Of that moment
Cabin
In the warmth of my mountain cabin
Sitting in front of a crackling fire
I have time to muse on my life
Where it will take me next
Staring into the flames I see
That I can not do without the ones
I love
Realization
What would we like to see happen?
Who drove the nails into our hands?
Shame engulfing us like flames
On a computer screen we watch it
unfold and then drive off into the
Grand Canyon
The fall, how far, is the original sin,
we realize
Did we need all those nails? Was the
torture necessary? This is how we find
out who we are
On Earth
When we carry love in our hearts
And use it to neutralize negativity
And other feelings that bring a
Person down, we have already
Gone to heaven and brought it
Back to earth with us
Forever
Yesterday
Today
Forever
Now
Repeat
Down But Not Out
The years sometime take their toll
and give us challenges we did not
see coming
but the warrior in us gathers our
strength together just like in the
old days, to fight the enemy and
rise above our challenges. Steve,
do not forget your guardian angels
are with you
Nothing Exists Until We Get There
I love the idea of loving you
It makes sense to me
It is hard to determine what
Is real and not real
But our times together cement
The reality of our love existing now
And forever.
Heartbreak Town
In my travels I stopped
In a town to gas up and
Buy a few supplies
Immediately I noticed a
Strange behavior
All the people moved
Around with their arm
Extended as if to
Keep other people an
Arm’s length away from
Them…..they glared at
Each other and what
They did say to each other
Were accusations,
Bickering in general
Love wilted and died
In this environment
I threw my supplies in
My car and got out of
There
Wordman of Alcatraz 