If there is a smile for a second.
A branch from a tree falls.
A thousand miles away.
How similar are the lives of three individuals.
Aside from the grass being cut and the clippings
in the piles to be bagged. I wait beside the tv.
I have a home, and a Guiness Zero.
Its time to enjoy. I have here my piano.
…I have left the cigarettes with the pool halls and the beers.
I am alone. I touch the curtains, and I know now this is
my beginning. I take each day to hold the dwelling
that hides here so quietly. I have said my peace in
the past when I fought for you.
I have bought you a tomorrow that I will watch.
September 