Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Altars

It all falls apart
at the knees. 
  

Too much 
bending 
weeding 
kneeling 
falling 

at the feet 

of lovers 
unworthy 
weed-filled 
gardens 
false god 
promises 
posing 
rock stars 
hoping 
for 

suddenly 

it’s all 
too much 
knees give way 
freely 
no use 
standing 
no need for 
canes 
walkers 
support 

smile 
fall softly 

too many altars 
so little time

2 comments:

garden of verse said...

I like the premise of this one, and its brevity. It really does fall apart at the knees. Its why i'm done with weeding...sometimes its better to let things overgrow..

Deb said...

Agreed, an overgrown garden can be much more beautiful.