Don'T Let Them Cast Ceilings!
A piece of me, forged from molten memories..
of patchwork stability
Changes of scenery....haggard, humble backdrops
Questionable casts of characters...
Scripts written in off-color obscenity and derangement
An old soul removed from a separate caste resided
within the constructs of this dramatization
Beyond the tangible crystallization...was an awareness
...an inexplicable aptitude removed from this environment
Manifesting without much notice, slipping back through the cracks.
Potential never surfacing as we braced for the Life we're dealt
That corner conscienceness ever aware of this conundrum
Small child never understanding a bitter undercurrent
...had no grasp on the inner cursing of a bad hand.
Every dampening disappointment...
left residual resentment for squandered possibility
Every predetermined scenario
left residual resentment for a roadmap doomed to failure
These children born to constrictive conditions...
Blessed with Intangibles that transcend
Enabling them to conquer a meager existence
Set back only by the world they're brought into
Abusive and spiteful...determined to Anchor
Wanting of nothing but casting invisible ceilings
leaving a legacy of limitation...
Stubbornly they obsess on trapping their offspring
Never let them cast ceilings.....confining you to a dim room
Copyright © Steve Voorhees | Year Posted 2009
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