Turn To Rust Poem by Eric Cockrell

turn down the wick!
there's a time for fighting,
a time for prayer, and
a time for just being...
in stillness.

you and i have felt things,
known things, seen things,
that most people never notice
in their mad rush to the grave!

feel the wind blowing through
the alleys, tugging at the doors
of vacant buildings... you know
its name... it has been
your lover, and your companion!

watch the sunlight dancing through
the shadows, lapping up darkness
like a thirsty dog... i am that dog!

the whispering moan of the grass
turning brown in the heat....
as our lives, and our loving
turn to rust!