I look away
Not to see
The pain
Circling me
Feeling fear’s
Deathly grasp
Angst in me
About what will be
Time, time
Slowly ticks
Yet the years
Speed swiftly by
Hanging out
With fears fold
All the folks
That I can see
We’ve prepared
Readied souls
Humanity howls
I can’t let go
And the day
Consumes my way
Standing still
I’m not in control
So many thoughts
Hope’s revived
His hand on me
I’m new and alive
2/19/05