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A Shooting Pain


by Darryl Price


Some things are like a long gone shooting pain. 
Some people are remembered like a flickering 
candle snapping in a faraway 
window. Some things are gone, but they just 
won't fade away. Some people are still alive 
only in lonely photographs, taken 
when they weren't nearly ready to smile 
or even look away. Some things are best 

left unsaid. Just ignore me. Some people's 
echoes are best left unanswered, even 
in silent prayer. Some things are like arms 
around my neck, but you are not one of 
them. Some people are never understood. 
Some things are nothing more than the plum of 
childhood fears. Some people never say goodbye. 
Good morning. Some things are always next 

Monday. Some people are the unsolvable 
less one knows. Some things are so beautiful 
you cannot move until they are done 
driving their point home. Some people are capable 
of killing you with a violin 
string and a deft bow. The sorrowful 
man's arrows are usually more on target 
than not. Some things are poisoned at the 

tip or at the touch. Others have the power 
to heal you just by being present 
in your heart. Some things are the right choices 
at the right time. Some people only appear 
in dances. Some things are being 
said that create your story for you, unless 
you say otherwise. Some people are 
always searching for the perfect opening 

lines. Some things are simply obvious. 
Some things are teaching you how to get lost 
in the grass in order to be found. Some 
people are lost in heaven. Some people 
are lost in hell. Some things are telling you 
to just let go. Don't let go. Please. Don't let 
go. Hold on to me. Some people are telling 
you, don't be sad. I know. Some things are

dying. Some people are illuminated, 
but between us, I never believed
you'd completely disappear from all moments 
going forward. Some things are already 
getting smaller. Some people are partly
to blame. Some things are put into poems, 
being like a dreaming drum of hope. Some 
people will hear, celebrate it with us. 
  
           
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