For Jeff

You asked me to come talk to you two years ago
at a time when you needed the advice, encouragement, and understanding
that

There's a monster that moves within our midst
With an unsatiable hunger, it preys
It's victim's names fill a non-ending

On The Doorsteps Of Heaven

(Sophia is three years old)

I know I am only little,
but my life may be near its end.
I want to

It's been a year now since you've been gone

it's been so hard for me to carry on

Every time I pick up the phone

I suddenly

He was lying, motionless on the bed,

Tubes extending from his nose and head.

And even in sleep, he was troubled by the