POLLUTING

because my vision of you is diminishing 

into the horizon when the sun's almost missing

because my body blends into the floor and 

my shirt could look like blood or sand 

you might dismiss me as the type of memory

that you dispose of when it's dirty

but don't throw me away because I'm feathered

don't throw me away because I look done

don't leave me because I'm heavy

don't leave me to save some trees

my birth was for your usage

but my retention of you don't cease

goodbye for now I've made you light

and on my own for a dismal flight

goodbye for now cus I'm no longer pure

but I don't cry for I swam in your sewer

and now I lie in this darkened pitch

a thousand others just like me

waiting for the hand to come

to reincarnate, to fall into your arms again

remember me for what I once was?

eyes impatient when you thread me apart

then you picked the inside of me

a soul and threw my shell afar

now I stand in military stance

a thousand others just like me

but your hands rest upon my stiffened coat

and I know you'll cut me like before

for the essence of me lies within your handling 

to be made dead and reborn without complaining