BENEATH MY WINGS

Danny, to this day, I can’t think of any reason or rhyme
Why you & so many of your friends elected to die from
AIDS. I was amazed each time you called when
Your friends would fall one by one as though “it ain’t
No thang” but fun to share needles & unprotected sex. Do
Explain to the rest of us what your gain was. You won
But we all lost & it cost so much emotional pain. Did it
Ever occur to you & your suicidal friends to understand how
No hurt or confusion could be so intense as our collective
Experience of losing any one of you? AIDS is bad enough. Getting
Around the idea that here lies suicide by AIDS is rough.
Tell me what to tell us you leave behind & those who may
Happen to be inclined to head along that path in time. I don’t
Mind telling the world for what it’s worth how this hurts but
You must’ve been hurting too. What could we have done or do?
Will you help me be a healing agent, Danny? Give me something
I can use to help others live? Bette Midler’s, “Wind Be-
Neath My Wings” was your favorite song. Angels must be
Graciously singing it through you to me & before long,
So shall I pass from this experience. Help bring us a healing like

dwayne beneath your wings


dwayne o. parish copyright © 7/9/07

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