Ten Years
I count by ten
every sigh
every breath
every sin
I failed to think
of you
and no one else
I count alone
as if but a blink
ago
when you closed those
eyes
this glow
this love
for good
for bad
for bye
but which they froze
and a life is thrown
can I add?
as I sink alone
and I ask why
and I hear none
less or more
did I try?
I still see none
but my son
not below or above
but as sure
as I am here
and as you're
as I will know
that my pain is my own
as I count alone.
