fingers

fingers.
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there was a bible of sorts re-written
titled "Someday" inspirational piece
gave hope
the day you woke up
told yourself
"i know what he needs"
you,
were wrong
we are the people that have never been loved:
never been known
only shards of appreciation,
sometimes skin-deep
sometimes the words that exit
but if the reason were to surface
why exumed
why public
why writ
the formula has been simple
it is (was) always a need
remember how you breathe, compare
it's our incommen(ness)
and you jump qick to blame a pedastol
but pedastols aren't important
only words meticously placed, sporatic, caustic,
they've always slept under our rail-tracks
And they are ghosts.
souls that sometimes wear costumes
spirits that mock, in the right spot
i wrote beside the gulf of mexico, cancer tropics
and it didn't matter
even though i was fixing for a "moment"
even though i could inhale the time
perfect moments should have been in my
fingers.