Don't Cry Tears Unless They Are Smiling

This is a poem dedicated to the remembrance of an online pal, Jesus Claus, who passed away recently... He will be remembered! Visit his last hobby at http://www.ratttler.blogspot.com

The diamond sparkle of the stars have crafted me in brilliance

I am like a duck gliding just above the lake

I have only gone so far if you look closely, my shadow lingers

That body that you line up to soak with tears cannot see your shudders nor hear your wailing

Take from the bouquet, you spent every cent, and pass around

A flower here and a flower there

To the saddened and wearisome

So that my smile can paste to every face and

Uplift the atmosphere in this place

Let me go with everlasting kisses for my stepping-stone is to deviate

From that flesh

That flesh that bound me

That mind that held me hopeless and unfocused

That heart which was broken, painfully broken and lonesome

Those eyes that could not cry and help me cope

Of the puzzle my life was bestowed

My death is a souvenir to any blessing I might have given

Although I go defeated…

Let me go

Forget your goodbyes and let me go

Sing, clap, and pop every limb and muscle you got with dance

Turn those tears into smiles

Remembrance into laughter

Vitality trance be it because I am alive

The dimensions of time have already molded something new

Accretion, I am just now able to see it through

Accouchement, bring forth the copulation that I might come full circle

Take me to the sky

J.L. Davenport © 2008