bravo

and here it is

my final sputtering

aching retching breath

that i hold so dearly

i waited hours

on this grassy amphitheater

that i call my lawn

for my encore tonight

and the woods and winds sing

their whispered goodbyes

the cricket strings

crescendoing my descent

and my final chorus

is my screaming sobbing tonight

my pleading to god

for a single thing to go right