Poetry Porch: Poetry

 

BEING
by Ted Richer




1.


Being alive to someone—


. . .


is like being alive to everyone.


. . .


Being alive to me—


. . .


is being someone alive.


2.


Being dead to somebody—


. . .


is like being dead to everybody.


. . .


Being dead to you—


. . .


is being somebody dead.


3.


Still—


. . .


being alive to me.


. . .


Again—


. . .


being dead to you.


4.


once alive


. . .


twice dead.




Copyright © 2013 by Ted Richer.