Superman. Now.

No discounting,
No taking for granted,
No movements aside,
or backwards.

Appreciative,
Thankful, in this
now.
For your arm,
For your hand,
For all these things,
that no one else understands.

For all the times,
You've been my superman.

No yester/year memories,
No should haves,
No wish you would haves,

Because I have been your superman
too.

Thankful,
Now for all the chances,
all these hopes and trusts,
and walks and dances.

For present safety,
For present faith,
For unencountered
closeness.
For letting me fit into your plan
For being right now,
my superman.

Jason Christopher Johnson

Superman, Forward Thinking!

There comes a night,
a day,
a time.
When your arms will grow,
reach extended.
hold tighter.
There reveals a love,
a trust.
a hoping.
That we will move,
forward.
onward.
From this still/place.

Jason Christopher Johnson

all these things...

i have walked so many
shores
swam in waters, crisp and even
and deep.
moved alongside mountains
sprung up out of this earth,
like wrinkles in
freshly laundered
sheets.

i have held the hands of
so many children.
weak,
strong,
distanced & wrong.
victims
of. us.

i have reached into the sun
and felt it's warm
belly.
i have lain my troubles down.
cast them out in a burial movement.
at sea. over valleys.
the corners of someone's mind.

i have moved
beyond past pain,
and nestled into my
present future.
shook out,
pressed up,
brought down,
by...
who?
by you.
and your memory,
emblazoned here in this place,
etched into my face.
into
my heart.

i have flown about the crests of waves.
and nestled into the dark
coldness
of
caves.
this here.
this earth is my home.

i have lived as much
as some could even hope
to.
the one thing gone from it all,
is you.

Jason Christopher Johnson