today spreads in,
smooths on.
missed
wait.
when I was a young boy
they called me munch,
when I was a young man
they called me a drunk.
now I'm a man, and they
call me on the phone
to say they're
proud.
this journal, the drawing,
the poems spread
and smooth
onward.
I hold close to resolve, I
meet and make, holding
close to object love egos
and close the door on it,
opening a window for
it. the pros and no con
of eventual tall stance.
asking no advice,
talking flippant,
lifting sky's
touches
me
straight
faced hard,
into a wall of
an expression of
love.
'I am
who
I am',
these words made
flesh, two words,
a third nothing
bringing them
to a statement
of grace, of
guidance,
of love.
closed eyes,
and the little
hope that is
growth joy.
relief of me.
relief of her.
staying out,
suspended