Rising Today Poem by Michael Pruchnicki

Today I burn in the cold waters of grace
Tomorrow I drown in the hot flames of lust

Today I am what I am
Tomorrow I will be what I was

Reminders of mortality
waters of grace that burn me
flames of lust that drown me
let my epitaph read
TIME DEVOURS ALL

We burned in the blue waters of the Pacific
We drowned in the dark forests of Germany

We lie buried in the swollen mists of time
our resting places unmarked by granite-
we learned that there are no honors
without difficulties in this life