We Will Remember You

We will remember you,
said the stars and the rain

We will remember you,
said the flames of the sun

We will remember you,
said the mass of humanity.

We will place you
in our collected memories
and pass you on
    and on
        and on



-Jim DuBois
June 12, 2010

Fragments

Broken and re-formed
Like dna or atomic nuclei
Or life and death of stars


-Jim DuBois

Somebody Else

He used to be somebody else,
but he rarely remembered who,
and even then
it was more of a feeling or a dream
than a clear memory.


-Jim DuBois
May 2009

Paladin

Paladin with shining heart
emerges into the sun
-- the world is saved.

- Jim DuBois
Oct 24, 2008

(Poem)

Peeking in the dance window...
no one there to dance with...
no way will I pay $5!

-Jim DuBois

Adult Life

View 1

Breed work consume
Die

View 2

work work work work
work work work work
work work work work
work work work work
work work work work
work work work work
work work work work
work work work work
work work work work

Die


-Jim DuBois
Sep 2005

The World Didn't Stop Turning

The world didn't stop turning --
    the moon rose,
        the stars shifted --

but we were safe,
    drifting through time
        on our raft
            of that long embrace,

for a while
    really living,

just being there
    at the center of things

caught up
    in the trees and water around us

caught up
    in the only moment there was.


-Jim DuBois
Sept 21, 2000