City Life

You wait for me
and I know it
your plastic alarm sunrise
your commuter sunset
your serendipity must be scheduled in

Your humans
plug in and
power out

There's too much to be done
so one day you can have time do nothing
Time pays in dollars and minutes
none of that ever mattered to a seedling

The beach

Your light is blue

And your green is violet

In between you

Your sides

Are yellow and sometimes black

The grains

Bend under my pressure

I make holes that don’t fill

So I can retrace my steps back

And out

You are clear today

Crisp and too transparent

It could frighten those that require

More clouds

I like you all exposed

Fragile protected areas

I warden you off with orange rope

Disrespectful people don’t know

How to care for you

I do

I lay down to get out of your wind

I zip up my coat

Your heat doesn't warm 

I search for my footsteps

Find my way out