Reasons to live

are just feelings

Feelings are combinations

of birdsong

and fresh air

Death is a beautiful thought

along a dark seashore

The cat's purring

starting up

mixes seamlessly

with a fighter plane

taking part in the Aurora 23 exercise

Dylan takes it all away

with Cold Irons Bound,

and it's the day of departure,

feeling like a deep arture;

the cat sensing life changing

for the worse,

my face a bitter reminder

of its absence