GO OUT SINGING
UNDER THE MOONLIGHT
on your last legs
you old stage prancer
living (still) legend
wish I were
there for your
rock Götterdämmerung final
owing you so much
could have
owed you so much more
you loveable lithe lion
of a man
king of rebels (rebel
beast)
yes could have
been deeper in your debt
if I had
heeded your call
had the courage
to answer it
internalize the message
learn
to love, live with
my demons, be cool
under shadow
with that last song
it is
the end of an epoch
not just an era
end of life
as we know it, under
this configuration
constellation
of stars
history will
forget, as it is won’t
your
name Michael Phillip
but not
that riff, that rhythm
that
supreme satisfaction
one
two
and so
last song under moonlight
then
the cosmos give you shelter
go wherever you
now go to
bearing the knowledge,
fully aware
that you are
not there alone
have a piece of my soul
poems 2 die for 