(Dear Marius) Were You Real? (a poem, a dedication)

Dear Marius

Were You Real?

Written May 28th, 2011

Pictures everywhere

Of a familiar face

A friendly green stare

And a smile like no other

In this world, anywhere

 

And yet these photos

Are just paper

Not living flesh

These photos

Hold the memories

Not the presence

The Box In the Corner (a poem)

The Box in the Corner

written February 2011

All these memories

Echoing through my brain

Of when you smiled

Of when I was the only one

In the world

Now I can't help but ask

Were they real?

I am the one

You gave everything to

But when it came down to it

It wasn't enough to help you through

Your darkest days

You pushed me away

When you should have held me closer