3/21/1986

YOU BLEW IN WITH THE SPRING ON THE WINDS OF MARCH
WINTER WAS OVER
THE SUN WAS PULLING OUR PLANET CLOSER
AWAKENING IN ITS WARMTH, LIFE
RELEGATING THE COLD AND ALL THAT FELL LIFELESS
UNDER ITS UNYIELDING OCCUPATION,
TO SHARE IN THE ENERVATED VIGOR OF FELLOW SEASONS ENDED

YOU WERE NEW
HUMAN
MY BABY BROTHER, FUCKING STATE OF THE ART!
NO MARKS OF TIME OR SIGNS OF EROSION
IT WAS AS IF ALL OF ENTROPY HAD GIVEN YOU A TWENTY FOUR HOUR GRACE PERIOD FOR A HEAD START

THEN
DROPPED IN LIFE'S WELL
CAUGHT IN THE GRAVITY OF EXISTENCE
YOU WERE IN MOTION
ON YOUR WAY TO MAXIMUM VELOCITY
HOW DEEP YOUR WELL WOULD BE?
ONLY TIME WOULD TELL

AND SO IT HAPPENED

RELATIVE IN SO MANY WAYS
MOMENTS LIVED AT A SNAILS PACE
YET REVISITED IN MEMORY WITH THE BLINK OF AN EYE
AS SPRING AND ALL SEASONS CHANGE
AS DAY COMES AND COMES AGAIN
WHERE NIGHT STARS FALL WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING
AS TREES GROW STRETCHING TOWARDS THE SUN
WHERE RIVERS CARVE DEEP INTO CANYONS LEAVING THEIR MARK
WHERE EVOLUTION TAKES A STEP FOR BETTER OR WORSE
AS IMAGINATION BROUGHT LIFE TO PLAYTIME AND DEVELOPMENT TO MIND
WHERE IRONY ALWAYS MADE YOU FEEL LIKE THE UNIVERSE WAS WATCHING YOU, PLAYING A TWISTED JOKE
IN POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ATTRACTION AND REACTION
WHERE TRUE LOVE FELT LIKE A MAGIC UNDISCOVERED BY HUMANITY UNTIL YOUR EYES MET HERS
WHERE SOMETIMES THE SHITTIEST, CHEAPEST FOOD, TASTED LIKE A GOURMET FEAST FOR A KING
AS STREET LIGHTS BURN AT THE HEART OF MIDNIGHT
AS DOGS SHIT UNEXPECTEDLY
AS VIOLENT AS EVERY WAR, EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL
VIBRATION, STATIC, HEART FELT, AND TRAGIC
AS SILLY AS SNUGGIES FOR PETS
PLEASURE IN MINDLESS TELEVISION
SARCASM
AS LONELY AS THE MAN IN THE MOON
EMPTY BEERS
FULL BEERS
SODA!
SEX FOR FUCKS SAKE!!!
AS STUPID AS PEOPLE WASTING TIME TO DOMESTICATE THEIR LAWNS
PARTY'S
FRIENDS, FAMILY, ENEMIES
TO MANY BROKEN BONES TO COUNT-DAREDEVIL
OUR BEDTIME CHATS
A MOTHER AND FATHERS LOVE
THE BIRTHDAY CANDLES THAT STEAL ONE MORE BREATH
AS A BEING OF THIS UNIVERSE, ETERNAL IN ESSENCE, MORTAL IN FORM
FINDING THE BOTTOM OF LIFE'S WELL
AS ALL ELEMENTS
DUST TO DUST

SO TOO YOUR LIFE PLAYED OUT

I COULD NEVER WRITE ENOUGH TO FILL THE VOLUMES THAT WERE YOUR LIFE
ALL I CAN DO NOW IS TRY TO ENJOY SPRING AND EXCEPT THE FALL AND WHAT IT TOOK FROM ME IN THE COMING OF WINTER
I'LL MISS YOU EVERYDAY THAT I LIVE
IN THE UNIVERSE I'LL FIND YOU, AS THE UNIVERSE WAS FOUND IN YOU
ONE IN THE SAME
I LOVE YOU ETERNAL

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROTHER