old pasadena

Engraved history

Untouched

Surpassed

structured entitlement

demeaning the past

controlling its whole

the beginning ofddwindling recollections

forgotten

forgotten

unfound treasures

hidden

from the eye

unfound treasures

Keep me together, forever endless, reckless

Masked walls of confinement become my new faceCracks becoming holes, paint into dust

Keep me together, forever endless, reckless

Hidden tokens of my soul are left for you to findBreath into the bricks, alleys, and roots, my memories escape

Keep me together, forever endless, reckless

I stand in place, covered from sightEscaping the newFor the return of the old

I am together, forever endless, reckless