Borrowed Bones

And then you have a town with all these

Realized people searching for their

Roots, telling you, “You need your roots,

Man. Everyone needs their roots. It’s the origins

Of their marrow their, flesh, their

Identity.”

 

And you tell them, “It doesn’t matter where you come

From. With or without roots, you still have to grow.”

And they tell you “You’ll grow crooked without the roots

To keep the backbone

Straight.

 

But they don’t understand that crooked is more than

Gone. But maybe not understanding keeps their spine straight

Enough. I envied spines that stood up straight because I never had the

Self-discipline to do so.

 

But I learned in life that having two metal rods in a spine

Sure gives you something to talk about when conversation is

Thirsty. You feel it in your beaten chiseled (borrowed) bones

With roots in expired bodies.

 

Forever connected with the sky, feeling the rain coming

As if there were just a string connected to tin cans and the rain is

Whispering secrets even the weatherman can’t

Decipher.

Reviews

[sivan]

good piece... nice metaphors and construction of words love this line

and the rain is

Whispering secrets even the weatherman can’t

Decipher.

[Michael G. Smith]

What I enjoy about reading your work is sharing in your introspection and slightly skewed views on life.

[Baby Ricochet]

Cool poem. I like the title. It's like "Hey, I need some bones. Gimme some.

[saratogaparty]

haha that's pretty much how it went. :p

Except the person wasn't alive and I was in dire need of their bones.

This is an ode to my roots.

[Emrick]

Nice poem. There was a scholar who said that we are all Noah's sons descendants, we shouldnt worry ourselves into trying to think whom of Noah's son you or me descends from.It does no good. We are all one people.We should only think of surviving legally in this world.
I like the title "Borrowed bones".

[saratogaparty]

Thank you so much!

And you're right!
It does no good.

Bad? Meh, not really bad either, but I guess some people don't feel whole without their roots.

[mikl paul]

'But they don’t understand that crooked is more than

Gone' yes. this poem, i love how natural you are finding your own voice.

[saratogaparty]

Thank you so much!

I think this is the first poem that I've ever written where I looked at it and it just was an all encompassing representation of myself.

[writing mojo]

WOW spine tingling poem... I love your style, and can relate a little towards your manipulated posture. My spine was infected at the age of 3 with staph, then in a body cast for a half a year...You're an amazing writer and I can hear your voice perfect in your word, your word choice; not many writers can achieve such a thing..brilliant!

[saratogaparty]

Thank you so much! You seriously have got me smiling. It sounds like you know what I'm talking about here then.