Kurt Philip Behm

Whose Words Meant All

I’ve never had a friend who didn’t hurt me,

 I’m told that’s just the price of getting close

I’ve never had a friend to not desert me,

 it’s always been the thing I hated most

I’ve never had a friend who crosses over

 that line so far away and growing thin

I’ve never had a friend that I could count on

  —whose words meant all to me but not to him

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2018)

 ‘Comments From A Homeless Man In Las Vegas’  

                    August, 2017