Sadness
is the
sandwich
that the
package handler forgot on the bus
Helplessness
is his
handkerchief with his bus fare,
some coins
which would
not allow him to buy lunch
Pain
is the pink
dress that he sees everyday from the
bus' windows as he passes the big store,
just the
right size for his little girl,
which his
Helplessness would not let him buy
Relief
is the smile
and hug that he gets from his little
girl,
she doesn't
care that he has come home empty handed
Death
is the dark
of night when he falls asleep in his
wife's arms,
lost to the
world, lost to his wife and little girl,
a log,
snoring, stiff and in the Heaven of his
dreams
where he sees
himself with his family,
his girl
wearing the pink dress, running on the
beach
Reality
is the red
morning sky,
red like
blood, a reminder of Death;
the Death of
dreams of Heaven,
of dreams of
his little girl wearing the pink dress,
of him with
his wife and daughter on the beach, her
running by the sea
Defeat
is his
birthright;
a promise
from the world that no matter what he
does,
this is all
he could expect
Life is the
passage of time
between his
Dreams and his daily Death;
an experience
that makes no difference to anyone,
a process
that would go on until it ends,
systematically, methodically, and slow.
