future sight
traded away with
haste and rare candies
to bring you growth
returned with two toes
towards the future
a third facing the past
a pair of spoons
bent without thumbs
against their will
and a head heavy with
5,000 wisdoms kept afloat
with wishful nostalgia
will you still be my medium
when you see what
i will become,
or will you trade me too,
teleporting with a single
utterance of your own name?
ancientpower
hollow not,
you are much more
than a mindless lunk
a rolling megaton that
defies age and inertia
shedding your moss
like a callous villain
or liberated victim,
but unable to tumble
the world from your back
your self-destruction
will not return you
to mud and dust
the real work waits in
shifting your own plates
submission
chop me
choke me
be my champ
Brian is a Puerto-Haitian Bronxite writer and occasional opera singer. His work is featured and/or forthcoming in Thimble, Squawk Back, Trouvaille, Cajun Mutt, and Ekphrastic,among others. He holds a BA in Creative Writing from Susquehanna University. https://brianalvarado.com/writing