the many forms of strength by Kevin M. Hibshman

been thinking of you again.

the way you held it all in, revealing nothing while a bevy of conflicting emotions would run roughshod all over my face.

I suppose you had your own way of coping with nefarious folks

those who feed on the misery of others.

you played the games nobody wins.

it was a cruel exchange but you often got what you wanted.

I never heard you complain.

we inherit a certain loneliness with age though I feel a sense of relief being off the market.

I live in two places at once, wondering if you ever noticed how

cigarettes taste different in Winter.

Kevin M. Hibshman has had poems published in many journals and magazines world wide.In addition, he has edited his poetry zine, Fearless, since 1990 and is the author of sixteen chapbooks including Love Sex Death Dreams (Green Bean Press, 2000) and Incessant Shining (Alternating Current, 2011).

His current book Cease To Destroy from Whiskey City Press is currently available on Amazon.