sweetness

walking down the longest street in the world

and i saw a glimpse of the moon

right by the house i grew up in

it fundamentally changed me as a person

it made me realize that nothing is sacred

right now there are people in that house sleeping

but they don’t sleep in the same bed

they don’t eat in the same living room

they won’t have what i had 

and i will never have it again

because the street is run down

the yard is overgrown

the woods are quiet and the stream of water has died over many years of depletion

back into stagnant air

back into clouds that rain and thunder

back into nothingness

because nothing is sacred

nothing

the sports bar is abandoned

the skate park got demolished

all the businesses changed or went away

still, the buildings stand as a hollow memory

if nothing else

somewhere in your destroyed town there is a girl working in the supermarket

she goes home and she reads books

she thinks her life is doomed to nothingness

though i would not change anything

she doesn’t know that sometimes i wish i was her