After Drowning - A Collection

Poem 6 - Racing Wheelchairs

I have two items on my bucket list

To punch someone in the face as hard as i can

To be old and race wheelchairs in a senior care center

These two items have been a constant burning flame

Two things that i absolutely have to do before i die

To feel an emotion so strong I can no longer hide my shaking fist

To feel the thrill of life... laughing with friends... living in the moment

not swallowed in regrets and longing

There have been nights I am laying on bed

Thinking things would be better if i were dead

But in the back of mind

Coming through the fog is this picture

Of me old... laughing... racing wheelchairs