Joseph Fasano: Urgent Message to a Friend in Pain

I have to tell you
a little thing about living,
(I know, I know, but listen),
a little thing I've carried

in the dark:

Remember when you saw the stars of childhood,

when you knelt alone and thought

that they were there for you,

lamps that something held

to prove your beauty?

They are they are they are they

are they are.