Gerald Rames was a good man as good men go

with a heart worn well

from a weakness for women


with no back up plan he planned to wing it

wouldn't it be wonderful to touch the what if

he wondered...



gravity gone

fading fast into memory

he descends

in swan dive down

snap!....back to reality



born under a bad sign

drinking deep indigent

spent years climbing mountains

framed from the depths of Detroit city

where life is real...not real pretty



what he found he fought for

survival of the fittest

no quarter....no slack



he climbed in spite with satan's cain strapped across his back

forged a friendship with impossible

soon after he kicked its unfriendly

ass



I watched Gerald Ranes from a distance

enthralled

not because he survived

but because he thrived



with no back up plan

he planned to wing it

wouldn't it be wonderful to touch the what if

he wondered...