What We Do Here:

This Blog is about Poetry, and its purpose is to forward poetry in the world with connections to any and all poets I can find. This blog works in conjunction with me other blog.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Coin Out

--for Dina, Ewald, Amy Harris, Lynn, Raymond, Cindy and Amanda Witter Meyers
For all of us who have come here,
who fought the wars, the subtle strains of our life,
for all of this, we play it by ear
our place with lovers, loved ones, husbands and wives.

We walk down stairs and up them brave,
we take in nutrients, and friendships now
We conquer back the will to greet the grave,
we learn the terms, the why and how.

We must learn sometimes to use the "NO,"
To find the "sweet spot" in our work,
to gather the courage to know where to go
to call on "ED's" a "Stinkin Jerk."

We all go home with hopes and dreams
with boundaries, tools and sight--
We face our problems with a fight
rather than tearing at the seams.

We stare our problems down again
will all we have that's there--
and all that comes for loss or win,
we stand up tall and face it like a bear.
*Coin Out was Written two days before I coined out of the Center and Began a new attempt on life. Most of It was finished at the Edmund's Library.*