i am as light as a tumbleweed 

brain as empty as a bustling 
mall with shrills from girls 
in groups and grumbles 
from old men trying to 
buy for old wives
 
i am as light as a feather 
muscles are calm as brake
pads when they need to be 
replaced– screaming 
stretched as taut
as a bow, ready to 
aim & shoot 
 
i am as light as a cloud 
feet firmly planted on 
the ground, cemented in 
to a drying sidewalk
waiting to be marked up 
with chalk rainbows 
 
i am as a light as a snow 
skin as hot as sunshine 
on beach shore sands
be careful not to burn 
your feet as you run 
to wade into the water
 
i am as light as a bubble 
as nimble as a firefly 
flying into oncoming lights 
seeing faces, in screens 
not even braking 
until i am a light flickering 
out on the windshield 
 
i am as light as a cinderblock 
floating down, falling 
but never crashing 
chipping, but never 
shattering