That Final Breath
What describes a Poet,
let me count the ways
To once describe a morning,
emerging through the haze
What describes a season,
its leaves from green to brown
What describes a heartbeat,
when your lover can’t be found
What describes a reason,
with excuses cast away
What describes a child’s laugh,
joyous on display
What describes a place called home,
to a soldier sent to war
And what describes that final breath
—to an old man wanting more
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)
Copyright © Kurt Philip Behm | Year Posted 2019