take you with this wing of mine and show you how to survive,
in this seemingly perfect cycle, cradled in this perfect oval,
where fear is not an instrument to which anyone adheres.
something navigates me, propels me closer,
gives reason to the admiration that i have for you.
and while mentoring your love, mentioning your breath,
i am offering the core of my existence just to guide you,
just to hold you,
enough to sustain the threat of weakness forever.
because i want to be an influential pillar,
not to formulate or to persuade,
just to offer you a place to fall.
structured and strong.
and when i smile you'll know i need you,
and i hope that you'll believe in me, like i never did.
your breath becomes the reason for this altar-ing position,
giving cause to this effect and calculating this equation,
and I am here with my admission, my willingness to sacrifice,
to build a bridge to get across, and ultimately...
i would not hesitate to lay down my love,
lay down my life, for evor...


_for trevor j. powers_

04/09/2003

Author's Note: written for my godson on the day of his birth_

Posted on 11/09/2005
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