what did i do before blogging (another pre blog)

Boys, girls, we were once
the suns of our system
to be nurtured and watered
seeds to flowers and
trees maybe
can look down upon us
wondering why we don't grow roots
to hold us to this dear Earth.
Two legs equal mobility
to encounter the things we see
through our own eyes all at once
the suns of our systems
now on fastforwards

or paused

to look again and feel what we
missed.
Opportunities crawl towards you
a slug in the sun tries to find cover under a leaf
Not a snail, thinks he.
Wrong directions are waved teasingly over a prospective
which grabs them and is proud
until they explode in hand, leaving numbness;
To be thick skinned like the rhinoceros-
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words are known to kill
If not used corrrectly
Always a lesson to be learned
the boys and girls the suns and moons
know that only a fool believes
that the world is simply round.