My Wild Love

39 YEARS AGO TODAY, A MAN DIED IN A BATH TUB IN PARIS, FRANCE. (OR SO THEY SAY)
HE WAS WIDELY KNOWN AS THE LIZARD KING.
SOME SAID HE WAS A POET AND A ROCK GOD.
SOME SAID HE WAS A PRETENTIOUS DRUNKEN BUFFOON.
WHATEVER HE IS, HE IS A SHOOTING A STAR.
SHOTS THROUGH THE NIGHT IN A GLOROIUS LIGHT...AS QUICKLY AS HE CAME, HE WAS GONE.
NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN.

JAMES DOUGLAS MORRISON
(DECEMBER 8, 1943 - JULY 3, 1971)

I am troubled
Immeasurably
By your eyes.

I am struck
by the feather
of your soft reply.

The sound of glass
speaks quick
disdain.

And conceals
what your eyes
fight to explain.