Kurt Philip Behm Poet Rhyme

To Shibumi 'Rest In Peace'

“I drive people away,
  that’s what I do
To stay away
  myself renewed”

My life was meant 
To be lived alone
In spite of what 
You think you know
Inside myself 
My only home
Whose armor never 
Chinks when stoned

My life bereft 
I know to you
Seems lonely  
Often misconstrued
But joy from heaven 
Self-contained
Unto myself 
Lives unrestrained

“If I drove you away, please take heart,
  my back was turned to all
To die alone, my most fervent wish
   —with no one left to call”

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2014)

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