Cause and Effect
-by Charles Bukowski


the best often die by their own hand
just to get away,
and those left behind
can never quite understand
why anybody
would ever want to
get away
from
them

...for my mother, Jeanine Freeman 
I know it wasn't me you were running from, but your own demons and I do understand that our demons sometimes win.
I love you, always,
Deanie