disconnected

by heather - Taurus

part I.

these crusted streets 
welled up my eyes
most of my character lies in the bricks,
a faded youth clinging to the pavement,
as sidewalk chalk after the rains becomes
jaded yellow, purple, green.

vines swallowing apartments whole,
cars exhaling a cathedral tune.
i hope to never grow too big for this.
when i return, will the trees still open up
to embrace me like roses?

part II.

i haven't felt quite in my skin lately,
morphed,
transplanted.
soil so alien to my veins, 
even the sunlight
seeps tension, cruel
in her placid sky.
these things once so universal are
clouding over, 
becoming distant, 
stagnant like my fathers mouth:
  a dying moon.
(written 4*september*2001)
Birth sign: Taurus
Date created: 2001-11-26 19:08:29
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:45:20
Poem ID: 65922

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