Anger and I

Anger and I We've seen the world together Pulled each other out of predicaments Big and bigger And those trivial, solipsistic yet consuming We've justified painful moments and inexplicable mistakes Wrought with caked-on sobriety and confession We've denied the passage of trusting souls Through impermeable wastelands begging for harvest We've crawled up and down slippery slopes Whether we retained knowledge or not Whether we knew the difference between the given nadir or zenith And yet reveled at each arrival, crash-landing and all We write and sing and bleat for each other As the expressions of our inner beliefs ride the third rail The resonant harmonies of destiny and desperation Sketched by love gone right and wrong Carved by Herculian notions that no one else can seem to bear or grasp Leaving my friend and I To arm-wrestle and embrace each other deep into eternity. (12/25/11)