you
    were
           in a coffin
you
weren't real
                   I knew
you
as fury
       passion of light
and
  blackest
        night
this
thing in
          a box
was     
not
    you
       just what
is         
left
     behind
          and it was
all   
i had
so I said
goodbye
                cried some
and tried
          to be
                 the man
you wanted
                me to be

Charles J. Butler, host of Park Slope Poetry Project in Brooklyn NY, guest host of Literary Tuesdays at the Perch Cafe, recently published his first book "39 Poems" ( No Shirt Press). His poems have been in various anthologies and publications.  He has performed his poetry all over NYC, and is very pleased to be here.