On my seventeenth birthday
I left talcum footprints
On the stairs
As my feet padded around
the house.
-
I woke up late to no buzzing phone
And a birthday cake
hidden under
the bathroom sink
-
I spent the day weightless
but as evening came
my body turned to
heavy lead
-
I was poison
amongst the lively
asian men
and women
that planted food
on my table
that I made toxic
-
I knew now
that my fate was sealed
in the gold wall decals,
the birds that never sang
Oct 19, 2014
Oct 19, 2014 at 2:48 PM UTC
On my seventeenth birthday
I left talcum footprints
On the stairs
As my feet padded around
the house.
-
I woke up late to no buzzing phone
And a birthday cake
hidden under
the bathroom sink
-
I spent the day weightless
but as evening came
my body turned to
heavy lead
-
I was poison
amongst the lively
asian men
and women
that planted food
on my table
that I made toxic
-
I knew now
that my fate was sealed
in the gold wall decals,
the birds that never sang
