peace piece

the children are playing
playing in the sun of the days
when the sun was alive
alive like the olive tree that
has been standing in my backyard and
after all this time still doesn’t dare to bloom
it’s been a while now
now I wonder how many more winters
does she hold up
holding the thought of
a butterfly dancing its leaves off on my cheek
my nose bled in the morning and
mother said it was because of the cold
yet it has never happened to me before
cold showers seem to be good
for the mind and the body
the body being forced to grow outside of itself
you should try it sometime
sometime I won’t she always says
with that face of her covered in agony
agony stains on the life we live
while awake
awake we are most definitely
awake now - now we are
awake

-D.