metamorphosis

temporal

i walk on uneven streets
uneven steps

knowing that my surroundings
exist within a glitch of
time and

as people rush to embrace
technology i meander slowly
down my neighborhood
       sidewalk         
            my phone buzzes
a reminder i cant sidle
along
    for long

too much inside to see
absorb           consume            purchase
digest          encompass                  envelop

but for a moment
i can go down the block
gaze at the oak tree defiant
in its war against the cement that
      traps its roots
           the tree i used to climb
until i was eye level with the birds
     before
         i fell back to earth
and my mother caught me

i wont climb the tree again
she's            indoors
inside
   on her phone
no arms to catch my
          unexpected descent
from the wild verdant leaves to
the evenly trimmed lawn

though i know my
  surroundings
exist within a glitch of
space and

I appreciate this moment
this frame before it all disappears
fatality becomes reality
and my mother stops looking up
from the blue glow
     on occasion