**  wowsa!  Gaby Duniphin sent us this killer-diller poem.  as a writer with bad etiquette, i'll admit that i've never taken wholeheartedly to the poetic medium.  i can say without too much apprehension that i don't always understand it, and so i run, so i don't have to try and figure it out.  but Gaby's poem is certainly one i've responded to.  take the time and give it a once, twice, or thrice-over...  

Meter Reader - Gaby Duniphin

this one's for the sinner
the daring, dangerous scheme
in order to avoid
the things we use to place the blame

this one's for the addict
the letdown and the void
filling up so aimlessly
with tension and black soil

this one's for the innocent
the sweet ones and the brave
just trying to run away
from fears and tears and fakes

this one's for the solitude
we can never hope to find
this one's for the amber glow
we neglected, left behind

this one's for the single strand
of everlasting faith
the corresponding droplet of
sunny days we waste

this is for the child
innocent and pure
that we hope in some disturbing way
to tear down and obscure

this is for the shattered
the mishap and the loss
i hope that you can find yourself
i hope that your self taught

this is for the lonely
the dancing speck of rain
this is for the restless souls
whom never can be tamed

this is for the kindred
the normal and the safe
please preserve your fire
the one thing they can't take

this is for the old souls
the young ones and the weak
the frightening postpartum
you'll scarcely cease to speak

this one's for the ample
the able and the free
i wanna be nocturnal
i wanna take the leap

i want to find some answers
i want to keep the sun
i want to throw the ashes
of my past and help the bum

this is for the rough road
im sure that lies ahead
ill take it on with hunger
ill beat it, ill have led

this is for the memories
filling corners of my mind
this is for the love i've found
ill never leave behind

this is for the honey
dripping quickly, blessing me
the painful sinful reckoning
the chaos and the dream

this is for the altitude
that never reaches high
this is for the seconds
we let shamelessly slip by

the secrets and the stammer
the struggle and the fall
all among us finely
taking, giving all

if only we could differ
forget the unkempt mess
we could stand a little closer
attempt to breathe and bless

trust is such a humor
a joke, a pun, a stare
a feeding, viscious tumore
so sneaky, unaware

this is for the toxic
polluting naive thoughts
this is for the strong
the ones who help to make it stop

this is for the time we waste
on petty, stupid schemes
try and find the sunshine
never let your knees be weak

cry and laugh and smile
discover, fly and find
life is worth your while
life is worth your time

lets disenegrate the uselessness
and feed off wholesome will
lets build a bright apocalypse
lets run, i can't sit still