KOI (for G.)
hope this message
reaches you somehow
just to kick off
the world has become a darker
place since you departed
odds on now
we are going
to wipe ourselves out
in nuclear war
stopped by your old place
much had changed, your
inimitable spirit and vibe
long departed
and I thought of
your fish, those koi
gliding through their pond
in your front garden
had a conceit of myself
speaking to them but
they did
not appear to hear any voice
or I must gave missed their answer
sound travelling air to water
one medium
to another
who knows what get’s heard,
distorted, filtered out?
what message is received
what gets missed and
travels on and
on
destined to expire or
carry on forever
life still chugging along
a flash of silver scales
beneath
the surface
I wonder how they saw you
how much
they remember now
poems 2 die for 