Bends and Turns

Bending backward

I fall for your

Intelligent lines

Crestfallen eyes

But then I push, pull, tug, and scream

Against the weight of the thunder

Praying to God that I don’t fall under

The guise of pretending to have that love

And that life

I turn away from the light

That makes me flinch

Realizing that too bright is not always right.

But you wouldn’t know, would you?

All you see is black and white

it’s not even that I see in color

I see magnitude, shape, and discolor

rings, circles, tunnels with bridges falling under

I smile up at your upward eyes

And realize that you have finally stood tall and seen the light.