The Solar Kid
Gathering energy like
some strange creature from another world
galaxy
he stands in the hospital corridor
in his stripe jammies by the window
bathing his hopelessness
in the golden rays of the early morning sun
his whole being is an intake valve
sucking the so sought after strength up
for no small a reason to go on
another day
to fire to life
his motives and his part in the play
that has long ago crossed the border
off everything human
for he will die here
wordless but for his suffering
all that he can identify with life now
is a cloudy mixture of senses
that come together under the title of pain
by the early morning window he stretches
his thin hands over the small panes
to feel a pulse beat
below in his soft palms
the ward like jungle noises
hoots an calls
a little way down the hall
the cold linoleum under his bare feet
chains him to never forgetting
just how far in the future
he can expect to stretch his steps
and the green sweeping lawn lit golden
shimmers in the dewy sparkle of its secret treasure
O what he would give
of what he has left
to run exhausted thru
all the collected dar1~iesses in himself
to run so far an fast
correcting each error with a light tread on the wet grass
back to the day he was born.
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