Parents, the keepers of the door
to this amazing universe..
To them I am a fragile sapling,
staked for its own good.
Protected from sweet kisses,
funny and salty,
somber and delicious.
Parents, those figures of authority,
those from whom our true lives are kept.
Protect me from scars no deeper than a blush,
from rustles on a soft battlefield, caressed curves,
tousled hair and appetitive breaths of each other's air.
Parents, who guard against loves bombardment,
the persistent courtship.
Giving ground in slow but immense movement,
like that of a continental plate.
Parents, whose power will fade
with no more cause than time,
gentle as mist,
as powerful as a waterfall.
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A song for this:
Time and Love by Laura Nyro
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I’m going through old diaries - can you tell?
Parents, the keepers of the door to this amazing universe..
To them I am a fragile sapling, staked for its own good. Protected from sweet kisses, funny and salty, somber and delicious.
Parents, those figures of authority - from whom our true lives are kept.
Protect me from scars no deeper than a blush, from rustles on a soft battlefield, caressed curves, tousled hair and appetitive breaths of each others air.
Parents, who guard against loves bombardment, the persistent courtship. Giving ground in slow but immense movement, like those of continental plates.
Parents, whose power will fade with no more cause than time, gentle as mist, as powerful as a waterfall.
WORLDS AND WORLDS OF TIME AGO AND BEFORE
IN EONS AND EONS OF MOMENTS OF LIVES
HAVE INHABITED, ON AND IN WORLDS OF WORLDS AROUND,
RESIDED IN WORLDS OF SEAS IN EMBRYONIC STATE
COMPLETED AND VIED WITH CRUSTACEOUS OBSCURITIES
DID DINE AND WAS CONSUMED IN BONELESS APPETITIVE ZEST
ROMPED AND CAJOLED AT PALAELITHICAL STAGES
ABIDED WITH THE GODS IN SPACES OF YORE
AND SOARED AS ETHEREAL BEING'S WITH WINGS OF ETHER
DONNED SUITS OF ROBOTIC CLOAKS OF ARMOUR
SURVIVED ELECTRICAL BARRAGES OF PERSECUTING CONTROL
DELVED IN SUBTERRANEAN HEWED CAVERNOUS CHAMBERS
AS ASTUTE EGOISTICAL TERRIFIED SCIOPHOBICAL MORTALS
TRUDGED VAST GLACIAL AND TURBULENT TORRID MORIBUND PLACES
COPULATED WITH ABORIGINAL NATURED SOULS
ROMPED WITH FREE ABANDON O'ER ALPINE HEIGHTS
THOUGHT POSTULATED, THOUGHT MADE ALL POSSIBLE
LONG BEFORE THIS WORLD WAS CREATED, I WAS.
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