Grown ups (English)

houses
little brick ones
will grow old
but never up when
staring
at the ground

there comes a time
when the bricks
must
bow
to constructions
who crawl towards skies
that only seem
a boundary

little did they know

memories of their birth
were never replaced
with new knowledge
of the here and now

honored though

once they were symbols
made of stone
after so many
of their allies
have been struck down
by the violence of war

once they were young too
now
they’re just old

observing
while the city’s evolves
and develops
and renews itself

there comes a time
when the houses
little brick ones
will fall into peace

their children
are scraping skies
before they tumble
down upon those
who paved the streets
who marked places
which say

‘here it’s best
to become
a grown up
growing old’

then they will know

evolution
is not about
the left cornerstone
upon which one builds

evolution
is about how much
free
space
one passes on
for the young grown ups

M.S.