Skyscraper

A spoken word I wrote yesterday.

I want to be like

a skyscraper

To look down at the world

as a sentinel

To stand tall above my peers

but still watch the magnificent stars too

To be bold and brave

to see and be seen

to not only watch

but to someday be watched.

To hold my head high

rather than staring at the ground.

To be as strong as the steel I am made of,

rather than crumble like the river stones

that make me now. 

To let no one be above me

and call me names any longer. 

To wrap a tourniquet around the present,

and stop the future

from flowing in.

For decades and centuries

to be perpetually

perfect.

To stand frozen in time,

yielding not to age.

To let the walls hold the memories,

instead of me.

To forever be nothing but a 

skyscraper.

Reviews

[beautiful dreamer]

omg maddie! i have a poem with the dame name where im wishing to not be z skyscraper. different sense tho its cuz im tall but still IRONY

[Imara]

Amazing work, with a perfect metaphor for humans secret desire for admiration and perfection. I can not even comment anything slightly negative because it is too perfect. Great job!

[A Boy In The World]

Very nice.

Loved this line:

"To be bold and brave
to see and be seen
to not only watch
but to someday be watched."

Enjoyed it. Thank you.

[A. V. Madison]

Thank you.