I bow softly to the chill of the night
as I exit yet another saddening scene
knowing no more
than I did even once before
which is absolutely nothing
the tortures of the mind come to break
free of their host
the body so wrought
who ever can be found
would be accused as fool to even think
of sitting down
and letting my evident rage teach them
some sobering form of a lesson
that no one person should ever be taught
which is
true hate with no real warrant
love with no apparent core
a romantic heart that could never
emotionally develop
but still continues to bind the
so very sore
in such unreleasable pain
surely one can spare even a faceless stranger
this
and determine the whole of one's life as some
sort of gain
so to abolish one's mental terrors
with one last logical kiss...................
(Dec. 4, 1994)