UNDER 

Was weighted down 

now soaring keen as arrows

over suburban valleys 

laid out like graves for

the living shoving swollen

feet into shoes labelled

infinite resignation

turn on the gas

we burst into life

at once all at once 

your dreams might come true

truer than the sky

than the secret lie

you told yourself 

in order to survive

they smile back

rest assured you

are loved in return

your spot here is validated

the seat is taken