Peel Back Your Skin
Don’t cry for me
everybody dies
in their own time.
Impending death
does not scare me
going to a better place.
I live or die
by the choices I made.
Lethal injection
not an execution
but a murder!
I am not ending
but beginning.
I am afraid
to transition alone.
Will you be there
with me?
I am sorry
that I killed
your brother -
hope this brings closure.
I see sadness drip
from my family’s eyes but
I have peace in my heart
am ready for next journey.
I have new pants
with a zipper and buttons,
orange juice to drink.
Not a loss but a win!
We are not
that much different.
I am you
and you are me.
Peel back your skin
and you will see.
PEOPLE
We have tried
Yes we have
To live as one
We have toiled
Yes we have
To hunger no more
We have loved
Yes we have
Family is all
We have disliked
Yes we have
Color decides
We have smiled
Yes we have
To moments honored
We have lied
Yes we have
Deceit of relieve
We have hurt
Yes we have
One to another
We have fought
Yes we have
Before you were born
We have cried
Yes we have
For those we had lost
We have played
Yes we have
Games of desire
We have climbed
Yes we have
Highest of them all
We have sang
Yes we have
Songs of all kinds
We have stolen
Yes we have
Wants of our eyes
We have aged
Yes we have
Forgotten as dust
We have believed
Yes we have
Darwin or messiah
We have seen
Yes we have
Beauty and disaster
We have talked
Yes we have
Normal and abnormal
We have discovered
Yes we have
Nature and its order
We have danced
Yes we have
Rejoicing and in sorrow
We have persevered
Yes we have
Persecutions and trials
We have heard
Yes we have
Stories of history
We have felt
Yes we have
Forlorn and dire
We have tasted
Yes we have
Delicacies and water
We have expressed
Yes we have
Words of fire
We have invented
Yes we have
Comfort and destroyers
We have terminated
Yes we have
Cycles of life forms
We are who we are
What we are
Whom we choose to be
Yes we are