Snow globe this life
Shake it up until everything topples over
Falling from the sky inspiration to indignation
And all you can do is look up and hope to touch the sun
This year started with a break
Crack right down my soul
And all the right words and all the grand acts
Couldn’t put this relationship back together again
So we sit and fester
Pretend to care, and frankly I caught you
One foot out the door
With some damn post-it note excuse
Some false hope, and
Some bland expression
And all the right words and all the grand acts
Couldn’t even see you as a friend
So we parted ways
Four months too late
Déjà vu this job has become
Routines and policies form grooves in fingertips, wrinkles
Gathering around my eyes and mouth, missing smiles
Capsized one department to pigeonhole me
Into the same job, restructuring with purpose
Position built and filled with 100% recycled employees
Snow globe this life
Shake it up until everything falls apart
Shattering these fragile emotions happiness to rage
And all you can do is look up and hope to be covered in clouds
This amusement park has been closed down
And the laughter we shared has since dissipated into dust
Our friendship at best was a carousel
Spinning around with the controls broken
You left me there stuck twirling in circles
Stomach sick with your arrogance
You left me whirling
Dizzy from your insensitivity and cruelty
I guess when the world likes you
It is easy to leave a few casualties
Found myself a small place with a view of the skyline
At night, the lights draw me in like a moth
Watching the cars tracing brightly colored paths
Roaring of the planes overhead reminds me of dragons
I found myself in a spell of a new beginning
This is the first chapter of me regaining myself
Snow globe this life
Shake it up until everything flitters away
Falling from the sky hope and faith
And all you can do is look up and hope to dress yourself up in blue
My son’s smile is what captures me
Any given moment
A twinkle in his eye, and a giggle
I spend my days wanting to scoop him up
Cradle him close
Pass the days playing imaginary animals
Galloping across the lands
His hand grasping my finger
And I remember him as a baby
My sweet boy
I will always love you
This life started with break, crack that splintered this soul, but with every break comes the birth of something stronger restructuring I will pull myself together with words and sounds creating a happy ending untypical and abstract with these words I will build myself a portrait for you to view storytelling thoughts caught in this smile and gaze, so grab this snow globe and give it a shake..one…two…three and watch this little girl fly away on raven wings gathering up the sun in fingertips decorating life with the clouds and dressing up in blue
Poetic Trials 