shelter

standing
on my own
two feet
standing
alone
for once
the forgotten
faces of a decade
the new blooms
that emerge
death and rebirth
skin shed
layers peeled back
the pungent onion
infiltrates the air
ready or not
here it comes
there it goes
five foot three
a leaf like all
the others
spiraling in the breeze
the spring mix
sans the freeze
how i have
let she hide
in guise
in a lovers interest
but i'm exhausted from
paying twice over
for red rover
red rover
where have you been
abundant turn over
take cover