Rewriting Memory

Perhaps it was because I was young and didn’t know
Or because I was depressed and at my wit’s end
That in making detailed plans to take my life
I was contradicting everything I had penned

I was in that dark place where I saw no light or hope
Unhappy with the situation I was in
So there I was, lost at the end of the rope
Without faith and everything I had believed in

they paid him to cave to demands
washing little kids' blood off their hands
"They gave me a gift."?!?!
it's the ultimate grift!
there's blood in the oil of Iran

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Rewriting Memory

There was always a kind of sadness in your eyes
Even when you were baby and looked at me
There was always this emotive tone in your voice
So young and yet so full of melancholy

In those days there was an innocence in your face
While I prayed that you’d remember our special time
But as you grew there was dejection in your soul
One I knew would spread by some other grand design

At his service, I placed a baseball card near the casket
of an amazing athlete we both had admired.

I couldn’t believe my friend was gone.
Something in the heart, I learned.

We both called each other "Bo."
He, out of charity for my feelings.

I called him Bo because of his talent
in sports of all manner.

I cannot recall the details of the card I left for him,
but I remember the finality of the beautiful finish on the coffin.

To be Life, earns you the privilege of passing Death
Careless are the seasons when you take that last breath

Those now live within the answers of our awaiting fate
We are the wicked left behind, grieving at Shushan’s Gate

Endure the shadowy crows who shepherd you peacefully through the fog of dark night
Dearly crown souls bypass safely toward the sandy white shores of the Lunar Twilight

Rewriting Memory

She used to have this beautiful long jet-black hair
It’s one of my earliest childhood memories
She used to comb it right in front of the mirror
And then she’d wear other little accessories

There was one time when she didn’t say goodbye
She later confessed she didn’t want to hurt me
But at five I didn’t understand the drama
When my momma had to go to another country

Everything I love about you
Your smile
So warm
And so contagious
I also appreciate
Having you as my friend
You never let me down once
And also I never let you down
Once
Yes we are both very religious
Since childhood to adult hood
Yes we are going to die as a
Christian
The day my Father
Call us to die
We will be ready to die
Father we are not planning to die
Young
We still want to live
Here on earth as long as we can
We are waiting now
For the day to end