justwrite 29 august

drowning in the heavy air the here nor there colors the numbers bubbling up into the looking glass I am crashing each party and voting on the wrong ticket we passed the class with you in it and we made the grade we saved the fading flag from its glory no one wants to know his own story no one wants to tell territory by fences we can see what we want to mend we know who we want to friend and we wish the best for each test can we be friends can we tend separate flocks down neighboring blocks and nod as we pass on the street there is no better place to get away than here there is no steer herd there is no fear words slip away into the ice arriving early starving fully fed in bed sleepless the deepest lake the biggest mistakes and all the calling birds they have written their smitten lips off the charts we have departed into the woods and we are good we are better we are bested by the rest in their simplest strides the tides wait for no one the fun suns itself and then turns flips over as it burns one side there was a full moon on the other and now it’s sliding dripping skydown stars cars driving off into separate directions the interstate the fated roads the explosions in the sky and the reasons why that no one can understand no hand can hold no peace can mold itself with easy steps there are tests no one can past and outs no one can last I have given and all and there is no stalling each next step I will trip and flip backwards my lips will part will press together dry and cold and I will turn older than the trees and the breeze until the morning comes and I will wonder when I wake alone