Simple Days
I lie awake alone,
I owe more than I own,
Afraid it's worn its hole
from my pocket to my soul.
The pavement pounded hard,
I walked by a walled-in yard
with an overhanging tree
that left a shadow over me.
Lost in time and twilight space,
An ancient tree chain-linked in place
Gave us golden pears,
a leafy roof for the concrete stairs.
Until I think in my ninth year,
and the reason always was unclear,
I got back from school and found
that tree down on the ground.
Now from my dingy-windowed cell,
When light finds this cheap motel,
I blink at the gray in dread,
Lift my head, drag out of bed.
By the parking lot, I see,
Though my eyes are not what they used to be,
Some kid has climbed a tree
and he's looking up at me.
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