pieces of pie
left out in the sun too long
are now summoning the bees
and one sits down and looks at me
like a wave crashing over
I feel like we are very alike
he and I
both unable to alter the future of today
and wishing the pearl was not
rolling across the horizon
and I don’t want to die
but I can no longer continue living this way
I have only so many yearning desires
to make friends with this time
and I found a way to get out of this situation
without running away
from a town I hold so dear
but the circles keep closing in and the
things that anchor me
no longer tell me what to do
and I have a long way to go
but nobody will see me when I leave
and someone might miss me when I am gone
but I have a new realm to conquer