Give me a few friends
who will love me for what I am,
and keep ever burning
before my vagrant steps
the kindly light of hope...
And though I come not within sight
of the castle of my dreams,
teach me to be thankful for life,
and for time's olden memories
that are good and sweet.
And may the evening's twilight
find me gentle still.

If You're About To Destroy Yourself Over A Lady...

I once had a woman
I changed towns for
ran fifteen blocks
punched a man,
died, rose again
and bled like rain for

she gave birth to my first poems.

Now when I see her
and look into her eyes,
it's like looking
through one window
across the street
through another window
when it's raining shit

you can't see a thing

If you have had
an unhappy love affair,
I just want to tell you
the best is yet to come.

              Gary McCormick