72 Miles From The Sea

  When I died, I headed Towards the light Slow and steady But it turned out I’d been reincarnated As a moth already

  I want to die peacefully in my sleep Like my Great Aunt Jane And not screaming in terror Like the passenger on her plane

  I want to die peacefully in my sleep, Like Dad, peacefully without a fuss And not screaming and yelling Like the passengers did on h...

  It’s not really any comfort If someone dies while doing Something that they loved When they were doing Heroin

  I’ve lost too many Nearest and dearest Friends and families I’ve watched as they Left this world One by one. Each one gone too...

  She has gone now And has left a hole Where my heart Once resided But her spirit Is always with me And hangs in the air Like ...

  When my uncle Passed away last night He was given The last rites By a Bishop, who Missed it very nearly As he could only Mov...

  He came in the night The consummate thief The taker of souls Stealer of the cherished Inhabitor of shadows Blackness draping him...

  Not a foreign invader But an alien being Inside me Living, breathing Growing stronger Day by day While I weakened And in its...

  I moved toward the light Drawn like a moth to a flame It was a benevolent light Not dazzlingly bright But soft and easy on the eye...

  In regard to the state of good health The fact that you cannot deny Good health is just the slowest speed At which we will eventuall...

  I certainly don’t want to be murdered So, I find myself rather fascinated Exactly how important do you need to be? Not to be murdere...

  When I die And I ascend How long, from My untimely end How much time Must I spend? What part of eternity Must I extend? We...

  I fight for my life In the icy water But fatigue overcomes me And I succumb To the welcoming waters And as I slip beneath the wa...

  Death and taxes are the only certainties In a life full of possibilities Paying Taxes is an unpleasant act Which I don’t enjoy and t...

  Big man Strong man Barrel chested Smiling faced Hearty man Where have you gone? I watched you get into that bed A few short ...

  In an instant you were gone Taken from us by another’s selfishness He was too drunk to walk So, he drove instead Devastation left ...

  She put the ashes in an egg timer After her husband’s final breath So, he would at least be useful Around the house after his death

Funerals have had an unduly erotic effect upon me since the morning of my grandfather’s funeral in 1963 when I was 13 years old. I was in ...

  I had a very disturbing dream last night Which I awoke from in some distress I was cutting carrots with the Grim Reaper You might sa...