Somersault

SOMERSAULT
 Every day I fold my limbs in to bend my body
 Making a shape for the guests at my party
 I can't stop, I walk on my hands
 'Til my arms give up and let me in
 Spin me like a top and I'll blur at the edges
 I'm digging deep, drilling down unattended
 I'll carve out a mold in the middle
 Of the hole hollowed out and settle in
 Lie down in the backseat
 Fumbling matches
 Slowly I'm leaking out
 Rise up with the smoke
 I held in my throat and
 Grow soft into a cloud
 I'm in a somersault
 I wantto learn to crawl
 I could stand to walk
 Before I run to fall
 I'm always up for a new position
 Prepping myself for the fall exhibition
 I scrub off the spots that I got
 Until I'm all alone inside my skin
 Look at me shining there down in the garden
 All of my sweat and all of my pardon
 I can't help staring at the dark
 Where my shadow gives up and I begin