137 (Desiderium)

Artwork by Kelsey Colasito

Flowers bloomed in my childhood, 

Butterflies danced 

In my adolescence

That not even the temptations 

Lurking in the dark streets

Could taint my innocence.

Every morning I wake up with my feet 

Touching the morning grass

But like a snail hatched from the soil

Inside a terrarium,

I too, year for the world

Outside the glass