Twenty Years From Now

Twenty Years From Now

In twenty years from now, I float in air
Small remnants of my poetry remain
In my friends memories, they're everywhere
Smiling at them, for I am free of pain

My one book dances everywhere on stage
Its pages live in bright-lit evening moon
I watch intent, unseen, I'll never age
I hum while they dance, an ethereal tune

My friends and family will once a year
Remember how I used to make them laugh
Or maybe cry, or both, but I can hear
And drink to me from this crystal caraffe

     They'll rise in early morning skies
     A green balloon, the colour of my eyes

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3d place in contest: YOU twenty years from now
May 1, 2017