Sunshine Kindergarten, Prypyat


We only wanted
The sun on our limbs
The light to play
Through the tiny veins
Of our leaves

We only wanted
To come in from the cold
Cracked, unattended panes
Amplifying the long
Afternoon radiance

We only wanted
To grow

And

Like you,
We sought
The opportune

Days of nothing,
No movement
But for the creatures
That ingest and turn
The earth

Did we know your floors
Would part for us
Your ceilings cave
Your finished timber tables
Turn toward the walls
All peeled of their paper
And echoes of the laughter?

No

We only wanted
To grow


#NaPoWriMo 2014 poem number 26

This poem appears in


Wire Walkers

© Brendan Bonsack
April 2014