“Beautiful composition;
Dutiful - on a mission:
To make a masterpiece from my old issues;
Took breaks to master me - won’t die from disuse
- In tune - Into big shoes -
Steps up after years of misuse;
Treat myself well these days, constrictions defused;
To be my best each way - there is no excuse -
I testify when I exemplify -
I assemble my own character
- and I’m sure not to defy my careful work
- I am preferred:
The true me stands confirmed.”
- Old Dying Joe
“As long as I’m here I’ll be fine:
Alongside oblong times I got stronger for life
- I belong to this instant
- not distant from visions I nurtured like infants:
How much longer ‘til they see sunlight?
The clouds are receding, cool colors retreating
- Some warmth starts to swarm and suprise;
A form in the distance initiates plights
- it’s a figment of me up ahead who is now on my mind, and he’s pleading:
‘Please do keep setting things right’
- It was fleeting, but deeply relieving
- The date I complete these dreams it seems nigh.”
- Old Dying Joe
About the Creator
Joseph Severo
I’m Old Dying Joe.
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