Of Dreams and Desolution: The Poetry of J. Douglas Stephenson: Part 2

The Path

<P>The Path</P>

<P>Such a story, from a distance</P>

<P>Memories, with no remembrance</P>

<P>And a love like a knife to the chest</P>

<P>No excuses for the distress</P>

<P>Not a moment left in silence</P>

<P>Just a perfume like kerosene</P>

<P>And the rain, the taste of saline</P>

<P>Set the fire, cleanse the water</P>

<P>Break the boundaries, bless the martyr</P>

<P>For your lost no matter which path you choose</P>

<P>Take the life and take the glory</P>

<P>Taste the loss, rewrite the story</P>

<P>For your lost no matter which path you choose</P>

<P>Not a moment in the mourning</P>

<P>Will prepare you for the coming</P>

<P>For your lost, no matter which path you choose</P>

<P>J. Douglas Stephenson</P>