Teenage Signals,Louise Annarino,January 30,2013
We take street lights for granted.
Green,yellow,red
syncronized swimmers
against the traffic tide
bringing order from confusion,
organizing patterns
of construction,
avoiding accidental
destruction
of our pride.
You are not mine.
Independence fuels
your journey,but you
are never alone.
You have me,
a streetlight,
one of many,
often unnoticed
and many unknown,
at every intersection,
seeing you safely
on your way
from youth
to adulthood
and beyond.
annarino writes 