when U know pain in your gut lost in your own fog
B4U clearly seeing
it in your lover’s eyes
when U see bullets flying
and hear victims’ screams
B4U hearing the newcast
when anxiety grips U
B4U hearing a child sobs
when U feel all aroused
B4U hearing the lover’s orgasm
B4Life gets U all riled
as everything flows
in out through U
in out through mind’s I
B4I react
instead gotta chill
gotta know what’s mine
gotta know what’s yours
can’t own shit
(no matter how good/bad)
if it’s your B4Life
but I add blessings
2 the lightstream
flowing ‘tween us
in our here and now
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photo: Night Fog (January, 2020)
John David Higham 