(a new poem by an old friend, Jerry Everett)
No Peace in death or joy in life
But by the acceptance of terror
An unwanted closeness
Mysterious
The caution that holds up our days
Our delusion of the fair and possible
The solitary right closing off the collective good
Leaving us praying in others temples
Seeking the change that leaves us as we are
All of us
Walk in the fire of our summer day
Our ecstasy waits out in the night as a lover
GRE 4/21/17
poems for friends 