High Rise

Wandering past bungalows
Sneaking through high covenant areas
Setting servants and dogs barking.

I go home
Desperation crawls in to the heartlands
As dawn crawls in.

Bastards!
They’ve built towers
Everywhere.

Down below I will build a house no bigger than myself
There will be no roof and no walls
I’ll step out into the darkness

If you are nearby one day pay me a visit
And please, plant me a sunflower
For a little glow.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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April 1, 2016 at 9:00 PM
I liked the hopelessness and fatalism of this poem..."into darkness".....nice write Lansell...Peter
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