Excerpt from “Pressing On” by Author Billy Charles Root

Good Friday

Without his death what would I be?
I would be a shipwreck lost at sea

A roller coaster closed forever
A broken wing eagle in stormy weather

I would be a car without wheels
A house without foundation
A touch without feel
A one man nation

Without his death what could I be?
I’d have no hope to hold on to
No better me
A sinner forever
Condemned and Guilty

A bloody nosed boxer down for the count
A horseless rider frolicking about

Without his death what would I sing?
I’d be a banjo with one string or a piano with one tuneless key

A band with no drummer
A voice with no song
A guitar without a strummer
A silent gong

Without his death how would I pay?
I’d be hell bound and havenless

With nothing to say

A credit card with no credit
A down payment with no worth
A bank account shredded
An empty purse

© Billy Charles Root

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