Harvesting Youth
Harvesting Youth
Harvesting youthful energy
Takes time and vitality
Diamond and ruby
Hand and machinery
Poof goes the jazz hands
A trimmer in the extremities
And tapping shoes
A person off beat and balance
Heavy feet drag
Brittle bones crack
Speech is paused and delayed
Breathing comes heavily
Blind is the eye
Wrinkled are the hands that
Held youngins
And tended to their cry
Made tomato paste
And sweet potato pie
Now in a broken place
Climbing out of windows
And wandering streets
Become commonplace
Laughter bring eyes to tears
In the heart a song plays
In a dream one is doing the mashed potatoes and the twist
Where must I go?
To a zoo?
Talent show?
Playground?
Museum of art?
An amusement park?
Sitting in the breeze
Underneath a maple tree
Birds chirp
Bugs bite and hide
Must I ponder upon the morrow?
Marckincia Jean
Free verse
06/27/19
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