Year 6 : for the Honors

Twilight the kingdoms of stone
lest the darkness take the throne
the fantasy of childish belief
crumbles in awe at everything we have seen

stumble and fall
pass by the wall
your chalk outlines
left all colors in an array of fleeting memories

blue grass on the hills
strike clashing of wills
How far I have come
to look back on the changes I must forgive

A bleeding light
of short disasters
choking lungs
yearning for the simple taste of happily ever after

And when the phenomenon
of another wrong
begets you
I'll stand again to overshadow those who hurt you

over everything
what I cannot bring
what I cannot see
is closure to the things I'll eventually forget about you

my hands will bleed
in the dirt I will dig
until the sweat of work
drowns me in knowledge to help those left here to breathe

for a thousand years
my soul will turn the gears
but I will never forget
each word of poetry I clung to so as to never betray you

If I am to forget in time
the need for creativity to shine
and let the past devour and devastate me
I will soon rise and overcome the future so that
I can stand before those who dare to believe in me