"A Patient's Last Breath"
9-29-05

Close my eyes and breathe
The sound and the thunder
Antibiotic atmospheres moving
Deeper into my bloodstream
The only flawless therapy
Where I sit alone in a chair
Where the world could fall away
Ashes of memories I once treasured
Substituting my bruises of then
With notes on what I've learned
Like a patient's last breath
Ever so slowly exhaled. . . a treasure
Someone else's experiences
A musician's hopes and fears
Their secrets revealed in mystery
My secret otherwise my never be told
Fly with me blistfully out of this world
Above the confusion and complication
The land of the already defeated
Catatonia, my friend, a never ending dream