cracks in the sidewalk

February 12, 2020

Through cracks in the sidewalk

Of my skin and my bones

I push

With these arms with a power with

The pressure pushing me outward

It has always been dark

Buried far far far under

Torn asunder in an immortal sleep

The sun bakes the ground above

Warmer than ever I’ve been touched

Calling out to me to join the space above

To break through the surface

To bloom and to blossom

Reaching for the sky reaching for the sun

Reaching for the blue reaching for the clouds

Reaching for more until I’ve used all the inches

Through the walls I can hear birds

Finches singing and laughing and crying

Until I’m no longer crammed and jammed up

And sprout up

Through cracks in the sidewalk.