he can’t remember
when he first
became aware
of the fact
he wasn’t
going
to get out
of this life
alive
he thinks
somewhere
in those
blissful
innocent
years
of childhood
he must have
thought he
was forever
curiously
he didn’t
feel disappointed
when somehow
at some point
in the time
of his childhood
the realization
that he would
die someday
occurred
or was
revealed
to him
he must have
not completely
believed
he would die
and maybe
some of that
illusionary
thinking
stuck with him
because it still
hasn’t fully
dawned on him
that he is
going to die
bob boyd