MY BODY

IT’S TALKING TO ME

IT’S CONSTANTLY GRIEVOUS

IT’S BEEN A LENGTHY TIME

BUT I’M STILL VERY MUCH WHOLE

THE SCARES I HAVE OUTSIDE

DON’T COMPARE WITH THE INSIDE

AND ALL I HAVE IS SOME TIME

THERE WERE DAYS WHEN YOU HAD ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD

AND THERE WERE DAYS I WASTED TO MUCH TIME

NOW MY BODY TALKS TO ME DIFFERENTLY

THRU THE YEARS THE BATTLES WERE TOUGH

AND NOW THE DAILY DAYS ARE EVEN MORE ROUGH

BACK IN THE DAY I WOULD TALK TO MY BODY

NOW MY BODY TALKS BACK TO ME

TIME SURE HAS PASSED BY

LEAVING THE REMNANTS WAITING TO DIE

LIFE SURE WAS A BEAUTIFUL TIME

THE LOVE I HAD DURING AVERY BREIF PRIME

LIFE SURE BROUGHT SOMEONE BEAUTIFUL IN MY LIFE

A LOVE FOR MY CHILD, AND SOON TO HIS

LIFE IS WHATS BORN

NOT MY BODY THAT TORN

Joseph A DeVoe

                                            8/6/09