Roots

I used to walk and walk
away from my home, away
my back to the gnashing
no family portrait back there
it had been years since we
had all crowded, awkwardly
in front of the lying lens
then we took our own photos
within the dark worlds we arrived at
after our roots were pulled up
and we raised yelling hell to be noticed
a
gain
cast, hungry and confused
we ran our hands over the blues
and in the swallow of tears
we tasted the numbing ache
and the child was gone

shalome � 2005
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