grounded

plant your feet firm
stay humble, stay proper
stay golden, ponyboy
on your paint-chipped rocker
grown in a blink of an eye
it's a breakneck existence
the grocery lists in your mind
could be gone in an instant

the salt in your wounds
is just a layer of dust
to keep yourself solid
you gotta learn to trust
let your mortality shine
through this winter night
let it cloak your hope
in waves of radiant light