Here & There

In jagged lines
On the hard cement
I see myself

Pulsating
Alternating between personalities
Like a training wheel on my first bike
I circle

Trying hard to keep the balance
Of something I know will eventually fall

In a warm pool
Of water
Glistering colors of oil
Rising from the hot asphalt

I lose my self
In it’s hypnotic glow

I'm the baby seal
that's just been clubbed to death
for it's fur

Ice incrusted emeralds
Hidden deep within eyes of steel
I am there

I stare at a Christmas tree
That vanished decades ago
I remember loving laughter

The lights twinkle
I blink my eyes
My tears taste salty
And sweet

Sheer stockings
On young girls
An old man sitting
All alone

Drinking vodka
Staring up at snowflakes
Falling down

Where am I?
How did I get here?

Sometimes it seems like I’m nowhere

Other times

It’s like
I’m here
There and everywhere