Rootless
I don’t belong anywhere
My presence is accounted for
Not craved or needed
These relationships exist only in ether
Dissipating like a summer shower
Without the resulting humidity
Where’s the proof it passed through at all?
I hope I leave things more colorful than I found them
That I water them in the same way
My cracked, charred soil craves, needs
A change of scenery, yet still
Ghosts always find their way back
Back by my side
Where they belong
Where they’re needed
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Been following your poems this month and I gotta say I’m a fan! This year’s poems have been fire!
Thank you Chris!
your first three lines hooked me
I really like the thought and the power of the last three lines.