Diminishing

Water droplets from the once-green ripe wild cherries hang by a thread
The wheelbarrow (black, this time) conquered by the invasive vine is slowly being crushed
The grass is like fall, like colors this time around
And I still don't know who I am.
But the sugar-plant still reaches tall and grows at amazing rates,
And the breeze is still light and calming and enlivening, though....
I still yearn to climb the strong cherry tree.
You know what I'm talking about.
Don't you?
The small treeling that yearned to grow with me when I was younger has been wrapped and choked by the reeds.
We tried to save it, yes, but it endeed up being a choice between it or me.
And who would rather save a tree?
So it is dead and gray but yet I live...
Reminded suddenly of the horrible beauty of this world.

Justice

1
2
3
4
No.
Stop.

Evidence

I cannot hide from them

Oh, no.

The winters pass

The wind

The snow.

And every

body

that I

know

Forgot

A lot

And on

They go

But I

do not

I tot-

ter here

on mountain-top

With risk

With fear

If fall do I

Then by-the-by

The breeze will sigh

You'll cover

your eyes

And

every

body

that I know

forgot

A lot

and on

they go.

Rotten

So what you do is this:
You gather all the missing parts of you
That you can find
And you search the inside of yourself
For things you can do without
Somewhat
And you take those out and place them with the former
And polish them up good
And you put them on a shelf for the world to see
And it's okay that you're hollow
And it's okay if you can't feel no more
Because at least people know who you are......
And what you've done.
And though it hasn't happened yet
Trust me, people will stop
And look
And say, hey, she's great!
Trust me
Even though it hasn't happened yet
It will
You just
Have
To keep
Waiting?

Phoenix

Do
You
Know
What's it's like
To want something so badly
That you're willing
To........
I'm tired of all this
All this running and trying and
I wish
I wish for fairy houses
And tree swings
When I'm by myself
But nothing can ever be like that again
Never the same
Until a fire burns it all to the ground
And we are reborn from the ashes
Just as naive as the first time around
And I ached for it all
Oh so very much.......
So I set the fire.
Do you understand?