Keep positive thoughts, son

where was summer

when it is already winter

and I can barely remember fall;

only shadows of pale mornings

and twilights that crackled with frost

on the outside of my window

blocking everything

from my view

and my view

from everything

*

As I’m growing up

I’m learning from the people

who taught me how

to learn and grow up

that they are more

flawed than me

even when I was a child;

I suppose

I was just

a little filter

after a lot

of poison

*

I don’t think

I’ve seen anything

in a positive light

for years,

which is probably

a good thing