the ferryman is coming

i am so very happy
here above

   not yet below

still it goes
though
 my wants

they will not matter

then

they still define me

now

until that when...

the ferryman is coming

for everyone of us

in time

eventually

he comes

the same for everyone

i do still know this
that even though
it means such very,
very different things

to each of us

in this moment

unto the next. . .

until the very end

we all still will live
we all still will die
we all will always wish for things
 with different voices

the same way

in a fear

always similar

always terrified 

of the ferryman 

who's coming

he who comes

 always 

the same way
for everyone one of us

eventually

in the end

where we are the same

where it always ends

 eventually

the same way

for everyone of us

as the ferryman,

he always comes

for each of us

eventually

"and it's okay..." 

     to end this way

Author's Note

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

I am not afraid of the ferryman, that is inevitable. I am fearful of his timing. I have unfinished work. I have an important job to do which I want the satisfaction of knowing is completed. This week I said my farewells to my friend Jen who I have known since I was 16. She was taken too early, but then so are many. Life is a gamble. We don't know how long we have, so we should live it well.

Chris

[Davidgeo]

"we all get a lifetime..."

This poem is borderline garbage. But the video underneath is something very special (after the first 30 or so seconds anyway).

Most of us know about the "use what you have for all is finite" kinda concept but only some of us can really talk about it. Kevin Smith does a beautiful job... I'm not huge fan of him for the most part, but, concerning certain things, I find him to be a lovely mix of articulation, knowledge and authenticity.

He'd be a legendary poet if he tried.

[Chris Shaw]

I'll watch the video, later on.

[Davidgeo]

You'll like it... I promise. (after the first 30 seconds or so)