December 7, 1997

a hand

clutching

fingers white

in the effort

of holding on

to long

Lord God! I’ve fallen far

please

don’t let me further fall

releasing

grabbing

stabbing air

seeking a hold

any kind of thing

to live

Lord God!  I’m falling further

no where near

the kind of man I was

hold me

like Peter, hold my hand

lest too far I fall

to die

Lord God!  I long to live

please let me

After “A Thousand Men and a Baby”

the true story of David Ashcom Cruz

and the man that Keenan was.