[Shelled Shells] a poem

A dry & decent life is underrated,
patchwork quilts of one-size-fits-all,
a comfort & shelter from the cold
obliterating exposed where the dreams
lay wrapped, awaiting the daring dreamer,
with glints in static,
reflecting off the black-iced asphalt
littered with abandoned skeletons,
still placed where the souls of those
who made shells of them have stepped out,
anticipating flight


Dontrell Lovet't
from, [The Failed Writer]