
Great changes await
the one that wills to endure
the chaos within
Sacrifice —
Sleep.
Desire.
Grandeur.
And glamour.
Palate.
Privilege.
Longing.
And craving.
For —
Moments.
Meltdowns.
And marvels.

We are naught without our beliefs,
they said
We have to defend our rights,
they said
We should show them who we are
they said
“Forward! Charge for the guns,”
they said —
based behind ballistic glass.
The mark of husbandry.
He raised the dogs,
and praised the cats.
Tended to fish too
and abandoned mom.
I screamed, and screamed, and screamed.
I swore, I cried, and I tried
I want you back to rest on my back
And love like we swore we would
But when you went under that bumper
And I saw just your jumper
I knew you were gone.
I knew we were gone.
But then came Jimmy,
Someone, they said, to love,
To heal the scars you left me with.
But one dog for another —
Love doesn’t work that way.