They arrived after traveling through vineyards
stopping to partake though we
sat waiting in the
crowded restaurant with no air
Their entrance sucks the remaining air
as they hold court
struggling to stay focused
eyelids half open
They bet on people we no longer know
and the weight of pictures
and family stories
suffocates
and I am a girl who struggles to breathe
Can’t find the surface
comes up for air
The slightest impatience
and I am the target
of whispers
an under tow
that might not lift
try to move through it
smoke and mirrors
grinding each other
into dust
into ashes
spread on an ocean surface
to drift
They arrived after traveling through vineyards
stopping to partake though we
sat waiting in the
crowded restaurant with no air
Their entrance sucks the remaining air
as they hold court
struggling to stay focused
eyelids half open
They bet on people we no longer know
and the weight of pictures
and family stories
suffocates
and I am a girl who struggles to breathe
Can’t find the surface
come up for air
The slightest impatience
and I am target
of whispers
an under tow
that might not lift
try to move through it
smoke and mirrors
grinding each other
into dust
into ashes
spread on an ocean surface
to drift