Cried in the Shower

                   Last night
                   I cried
                   in my shower
                   For what seemed
                   like hours
                   And gallons
                   of tears
                   For the love
                   that was lost
                   As I counted
                   the cost
                   In souls ...
                   Of the ways
                   and the means
                   In which we
                   we release
                   Our regrets
                   Believing
                   we've found
                   our solace...


                   Author's Note: Inspired by the announcement Sunday evening
                   regarding Bin Laden. Don't get me wrong. I realize hard
                   choices must be made to stop this reign of terror.
                   Yet, I am hard pressed to be comfortable in situations where
                   we celebrate the killing of another. It must be the poet in me;
                   there is something about it that saddens me........
                   And that is not a political statement, but a human one.
                   I pray I'm not the only one to feel a momentary sense of unease
                   when a life is taken (regardless of circumstance).
                   "Every mans death diminishes me, therefore never send
                   to know for whom the bell tolls ... it tolls for thee..."