Bits and Pieces

City Tumbleweeds

city tumbleweeds

colorful wrappers

trash

that gets left behind

without a second glance

city tumbleweeds roll along

with the tick-ticking of time

as humans rush by

as the world spins faster

and faster

but

they only roll along

swishing a sound of

crinkled paper and loneliness

city tumbleweeds

remnants of

those passerby who didn't

make the shot into the trash can

and didn't bother picking it up

so the tumbleweeds were born

a rebirth out of human negligence 

city tumbleweeds

when life gets tough and confusing

and you feel just like crying until

the very end of time

these city tumbleweeds that roll on past

are the one constant

that we can count on

so we just watch them pass by