There is nothing

There is nothing

To keep me

From rolling

Into a ball

The night is nothing much

I can tear it down

Throw it away

Peel back the layers

Somewhere under there

Is a meaning I cannot see

Nor can you

Kick it into touch

Reset

I would crawl beneath

A table

It will be enough

To save me

That’s what we were told

When we were young

Class rooms

Got smaller as I got older

It is hotter than July

Whatever that might mean

But Stevie is a big guy now

He could have ruled the world

But there has never been

An ounce of justice

Turn me into stone

If you must

Watch the children play

See how they run

Try to imagine

What it might be like

If none of us

Grew up

To change

Into something

Completely different.