HE STOPPED LIVING HERE TODAY

Pain came

hides behind those same old eyes
says the same old words
still surprises this gullible ass

they paint you a smile that hides
the horror of those last seconds

your religion
dies
with you

wish you really were flying away somewhere

you scream in my memories
for a few more laughs
another chance
to wear the smile of a child
then
fall
silently
into photographs


for D & M