J. M. Starino

reset priorities 


a friend says

a hello

i receive her email

so this got me

to muse


still writing

is something i do

with more of a

fit in

or a poetic letter

each new day

some days

good

some

days tired


each new day

a difference towards

less anxiety

personal


get beyond

the questions

unanswered

and the road

that journey's

path


since now

with the

dearly depart

my father

my mother's

partner

more than a son

i have become


adjust

to this

new duty

strap

it tight

backpack


i rise

for a break

a few minutes

some hours

of my own


the email inbox

backs up

it is great

i have more new

friends


risks i do take

now it seems i

read on the fly


for those of you

who have not heard

nor have heard from me

it is not to

ignore

that is not

my core

to ones i speak

as best we meet

i listen

still

there are

questions


since we have this

time

let me

ask


have you ever been

shot

bullet rip through

the sinews

cartilage

cartridge

eject

miss the spine

miss the heart

shatter top of left

shoulder blade


to tell you the

truth i have not


though

the one thing

i compare

which i will not

go into too much

detail


we take so much life

for granted

i wish you to tell me

one not relate to the other

just thank you

for this

for you to listen

time

there are those feelings

to sort


it would have been

one thing

to just have my

father

expire

in a setting

i would have

been prepared for


he had been in the

hospital

and the doctor

tells me it is a matter

of time

it is one thing


to find him

dead

yes dead

is another

no breath

no chest movement

to look like he was

asleep

his mouth open

i do not hear the snore


it is great to trust

that life will

continue

have fun


i do

then there are

other days


so i say i have another

badge on my armor

that slowly turns color

from black to green

when the rage is relieved


to bury someone

is one thing

to find the unexpected

the life expired when

a few moments before

he was alive is another


so even though

you may never have been shot

have you just opened

the door

to find

a loved one

depart



anger management


if you please

would you take

the voice that is

the disease


of my mind

buy it a plane

ticket so it can

take flight


away

the rest of the

physicality

defuse the

nasty chatter

that just

blathers

on

on

on


excrete it from

my right ear

so give myself

a rest

since

it needs its

own

diminutive

attachment

to someone cold

of heart

lifeless of being

clueless in their

own right


it wishes

to suck the

prospect

of progress

and fun


bless

hear with everyone


so give my

mind a plane

ticket

that seeks to

distract

how much more

to subtract


when proclivity

beckons

to charm

massage

create

love


encourage that

peace of

mind

to quiver

before that

piece of mind

you will receive



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