Outside this window
icicles hang down
like poised teeth,
just out of reach

So how can someone
not be moved by these words?
An original thought has occurred
a shaky idea
has been written down

Burn down the house
strewn their belongings
throughout the backyard
dance recklessly
around an unlit fire pit

Gaze upon frolicking baby deer
hiding in the brush
mad with hunger
as yet another
housing project
erases its home

Cannot lap at the stream
ripe with toxins
and mutated crayfish
with deformed claws
sick of it all,
this concept known as 'green'
garbage still lines these streets

Lost to this family
tough love is a no sell
confrontations at this point
are hopelessly pointless

Knowing where I stand
on the soil
countless others
have trodden before,
made their mistakes
crying out for more

Seeking solace
on a solitary bed
around the clock
nocturnal slumbering

All these passing days
never ending tragedies
making the best of it
with a smile,
and disarming
with an optimistic streak

mathiasthom
written 12/19/10