to my friend

I'm writing again to say that I care

You've been on my mind

more or less,

less or more...

I'm sorry for being too scared.

My own shadow dragging behind me

is braver and stronger than I.

I wish I could give the world to you,

and bear your atlas burden.

I wish I could take from you

those thoughts that haunt your brain.

I wish I could shake away the fog 

that you say fills the earth.

I would give you the shoes on my feet,

the blood in my veins,

if it would make you smile