
The building
is destroyed.
Bricks
lie scattered.
Cracks
wind deep.
Scars
shine
on the sidewalk
for everyone to see.
2020 took
a bulldozer
to every
window,
door
and stair
and
tricked me
into
pulling out
my own bricks
hair by hair.
Now all
that’s left
is this
empty
forgotten
ruined
square.

©2021 Jai Lynn