Am Was
am was. are leaves few this. is these a or scratchily over which of earth dragged once -ful leaf. & were who skies clutch an of poor how colding hereless. air theres what immense live without every dancing. singless on- ly a child's eyes float silently down more than two those that and that noing our gone snow gone yours mine . We're alive and shall be:cities may overflow(am was)assassinating whole grassblades,five ideas can swallow a man;three words im -prison a woman for all her now:but we've such freedom such intense digestion so much greenness only dying makes us grow
Am Was - meaning Summary
Freedom Amid Fragmentation
This poem contrasts fractured, playful language with a sustained argument about life and freedom. Sparse, disrupted lines evoke falling leaves, snow, and a child’s eyes, then shift into a clear assertion: ideas, words, and cities can confine or destroy, yet human freedom and vitality persist. The closing thought ties mortality to growth: only by dying do we make room to become more, celebrating resilience and regenerative change.
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