Inglorious Saturday Poem by Darrin McMiller Jr.

The world is better with someone to share it
It’s heavy as hell when you’re the only one to bare it
So you barely hanging on,

Even the smallest things make you the most embarrassed
Until you just can’t bear it and you’re buried in a hole
Just wanting to be whole, just wanting to hold

A hand from another human-being,
A hug when you need it
A soft voice to calm your last nerve

A shoulder when you find it hard living
Because your momma living in her last days
Emotions all caught up,
And you caught in a bad way

Just trying to find your way in a world so blinding,
None can see the future so it’s blind leading the blind
And despite your best efforts her condition only gets worse
But why die today, all in due timing

What I wouldn’t do just to get that time back
What I wouldn’t do just to get peace of mind that
You’re forever fine, and forever mine
Forever and forever and forever more

But nothing’s more further from the truth
So I pray more father can we truce
Spare today but she’s gone tomorrow
The time we have is all sorrow
So much that it hurts me soul
So I’ll sell mine just to hear her say my name
But some say it’s worthless,
So the pain will forever remain