Fort/Life

October leaves

Gone, like the dirt

That used to stain my palms

Still green

Flow in the breeze

But these

Not boarded

No trap door

I can close

To release

The stress

That I feel

Because now it’s real

Life

Courses close

Like my fort’s doors

Also yours

Cuz all I did was stand there

Handing you bits

And screw-

This.

***

October 4th

Years before

Tears before

School

Cuz that one

Could’ve been yours

Stupidity dies

Fast

When you realize

You only get one

Life

But you stay up all night

It’s a fight

To get it all in

Before the daylight

Strikes, morning sun

Another day with your son

Breathe, relief

No need to grieve

Everything’s alright

Never done

Only has just begun

As long as you’re alive

So thrive

Fulfill the dreams

You have at night

And let that son

Remind you that you only get one

Life.