Trying Something

 Clouds been coating the surface for weeks
and recently when I perk my head up
those clouds pour the rain onto my cheeks
doing me in good

I can take a hit

You do the same

In fact

I'm the opposite of intact

The agonizing length of this mislabeled path

Flammable material and I'm melting like plastic

Graduating to the fragility of ceramic

I've never been so materialistic

We used to dig through tunnels just to see where we could go

Now our shovels collect rust in the shed with
the rest of the tools on the pegs

I had you pegged for someone who liked the stability of
unknown adventure, coated with safety

Once upon a moment in time

Grizzly Peak was shapelessly cut out right in our own backyard

Bottles of wine were timeless when the bottle sparkled when we reached the bottom

the same way your peepers did when the speakers blared

My phone never rings anymore

I look for you out the window

hoping you'd just be in the neighborhood

Never scared to get my hopes up anymore

I know my peak has peaked and now I'm slummin' in the valleys

Dragging myself through and scraping my knees just for them to scab soon

~Tina Meeks