ever since he died
I have become more alive
the sword of his death
pierced me
and the blood
became my poetry
and it
flowed
and flowed
and
flows
and the blood of all I was
and would become
flowed
and flowed
the blood of all I was
taught me
what it meant
to be alive
the blood of all I was
became the blood
of who I am now
taught me
what life was and is
I did not want to know
such painful news
but now
I do
and
ever since he died
I have become more alive
more alive to life
and everyone
around me
more alive
to death
and everyone
around me
more alive
to who I really am
and
who we really are
ever since he died
I have become more alive
to me
and you
and us
all of us who are here
and all of us
who are still here
now
I know
the sword pierced me
to make me whole