Pavement Of Youth Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Images of broken light cast their shadows on the pavement
of past youth, hopscotch drawings, long since washed or
faded away, leaving only vague traces of having been there.

Timelessness is an illusion of inner workings of the mind to
preserve our sanity through all objectionable times, helping
us look into and find the memories of our lives at any given
moment in time.

Intellectually stimulating the brain so it may continue to
be life-sustaining in spite of the provoking ideas of death
and dying.

Selflessly copulating many avenues of defense on behalf of
strangled childhood, running the gambit of emotions.

Stepping out of context, disassociating from life functions
and soaring out of windows, compliments of the fantastic
properties of our mind.

Carrying an inner child on shoulders of intense nature,
allowing escape of a world too ugly to look upon, a world
of ritual, symbols and excuses too numerous to list.