Best In The Event Of Poems
In the event that I forget
what this poem is about
I refer you now to the birds
outside my window.
They are silent – it is a sound-proof window,
but I want to speak of windows more.
I should have titled this poem ‘Window’
but then the silence and the birds got my attention.
What is a poem - rhetorical unanswerable question,
yet perhaps they are a silent window,
the words being birds only the eyes
and the heart can hear. Well they could be.
Before he died in the Hospice
my father would gaze out of the same window
everyday.
On the other side of that silent window
horses grazed in a paddock – nothing special.
We both would sit facing that expanse of glass,
I wondering what to say next,
He nodding and smiling at the horses,
the green cropped grass - the occasional birds.
Not a sound did they all make
but father was listening and seeing
what only those close to the center
of silence can see.
I believe the words end here.
In the event of my losing my place
In the ensuing quietus
please look away.
One red dirt road surely to lead us home.
Until we hit that patch of gravel.
It sent our vehicle spinning three hundred and sixy degrees around.
My God!
We hit the bar ditch and went flying.
My hands pressed against the dashboard.
My heart beat pounding faster.
Everything in bittersweet slow motion.
Until we crashed upside down like waves in the ocean.
My breaths began to shorten.
My chest cavity aches.
I'm trying to find a way out in all the chaos.
The windshield breaks and i slowly unstrap my seat belt.
I begin crawling on my knees.
Glass carving cuts into my hands.
I say Dear God please!
Help me.
My heart beating a million miles per second.
I find my way in the darkness to the grass and the sand.
I lie flat on my back and tears fall from these eyes.
Adrenaline has failed me, pain begins to take it's course.
Is this really happening?
I roll over and stand on my knees.
The pain erupts through my body, and I look towards the stars.
Cuts across my flesh that will surely leave scars.
Thank you God.
For allowing me to live through this, it could have been such a tragedy.
I'm alive, and this will be just another part of a chapter that makes up history.
in the event of my demise
i hope i have you in my arms
and die in peace
in the event of my demise
i hope i never have another fight with you
because you light up my path
your love is all that that i need
to see the heavens
in the event of my demise
i pray that we make love
like it's gonna be our last.
the event of my demise
bacame the event of my crowning
it was all because of you
that i had risen
from dead bones to a living being
with flesh
now i adore you
i'll call you out in the event of my demise
in the event of my demise
when i couldn't see my future
stranded,no hope,no mercy,no friends
afraid,crying,i saw your face
in my teardrops
i heard a voice like yours
telling me
i can pull through
you are my friend,very true
because you loved me
more than i loved you
in the event of my demise.
Dedicated to those curious
In the event of my demise
When my heart can beat no more
I Hope I Die For A Principle
or a belief that i had lived for
I Will Die Before My Time
Because i feel the Shadow's Death
So much i wanted to accomplish before i reached my death
I have come to grips with the possibility
and wiped the last tear from my eyes
I loved all who were positive in the event of my Demise.