Poems from Asheffield
She is marvelous.
Her dark coat glistens with love, shimmers with brilliance.
Her eyes, dark with wonder, are brightened through learning...
Some make the inquiry "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"
And I, too, ponder this query,
This and other questions meander across my mind.
Oh...
Why are you so intimidated?
Why did you hide?
Is the truth really that painful?
Did it stab you in the side?
You asked me a question,
I...
It takes pain to know that you're alive,
That your heart is beating.
That your skin is feeling.
That your lungs are breathing.
...