Grow up Raven

“Grow up Raven, grow up!”    

Gone were the days of childhood ambition

Drowned in the sea along with sweet mariner

The eyes of hope blackened by the night sky swallowing up my Infiniti home

”Grow up Raven, grow up!”

”I want to be a singer,” that’s comical

How about, “We need to eat?” 

How about, “We need money?”

How about, “We need a home?”

”Grow up Raven, grow up!”

Cement blocks sheath those pesky emotions 

You’re not sad...you’re not hungry 

You’re not 

You’re not 

You are a selfless shell only thinking of the needs of all not the wants of one

Because triumph of many over happiness of one right?

”Grow up Raven, grow up!”

Find solace in staring at the blue jays before they disappear into the cerulean sky

Watch as they fly and you stay grounded in your “home”

Constantly driving around as to not get towed for trying to live under some kind of roof

Homelessness begets selflessness

Homelessness begets responsibility

Homelessness begets my early adulthood

My childhood snatched faster than time in life

Thankful...

Or not?

”Have you grown up Raven?”

”Have you?”