Through the Eyes 2

I’ve walked this path for 5 years 8pm curfew, out past 9pm grown-up up keep feet clicking hearing distant steps CVS, a coffee shop and a shoe store but no souls in sight tonight fear creeps up behind; held scream give me your money! unseen soul gives way to sole, knee buckle at demand gravity and knife becomes one spine bent vertical, at least one one spineless coward killed me for 5 years I’ve walked this path and for 5 dollars, a candy bar and heels too big to run in I’ve fallen right next to a CVS between the gutter and trash bins put out only 5 min prior I never noticed who did it But I’ll never forget the first time In 5 years I saw a rose that bloomed through the concrete