Mark I. Kirkmeyer

MY CHOICE

I’ve decided:
There is no future
For me,
There is nothing present
For me

It’s time to tie up
Threads of the past
Relieve the only duty,
The only responsibility,
The only reason left
For me
To stay in the world
With Living Man

It is time for me
To join the Army
Of living dead:
Those who have
No future
No present joy
No care

©Copyright March 24, 2007 by Mark I. Kirkmeyer

This poem inspired the response, “Painless in Flight” ©Copyright March 24, 2007 by Mary E. Rogers and, with that poem, was the inspiration for “Flying In Formation” ©Copyright March 24, 2007 by Faye Sizemore