what will be enough,
what prize will signify
the respect
we hunger for
to validate our lives,
do we weigh
the cost to our souls -
does it even matter
what will this respect purchase us
at the end,
when our account has run its course
there will be
no extra time,
no certain passage,
no escape from the dirt;
respected or not
we return to the Earth
Tag: living
Steel
Earning It
there's still so much to say
and we're always losing time,
silence and sweat
don't seem like enough
to convey the depth of this feeling;
maybe you know
because you've observed,
as you do,
from the edge of the fray;
I'm too slow to speak,
I fear the revelation of the soul
in the written word,
so I'll put it down here:
thank you
for showing me the way,
for loving me
with no strings attached;
you've made me
I'll keep trying
to make you
proud