Wings in place of roots

A generation born in an ice storm
An existence encased in glass
Trained faith to the intangible
Making wishes to watch them melt

Saying I love you is easy
Saying I trust you is not
Wagons without horses
Only dying stars to hitch

Forced resilience a toll paid to Darwin's spirit
Evolving wings in place of roots
Buying flat pack furniture
Since permanence is someone else's hallucination
The weight of an oaken heirloom
Too much to bear
In case of sudden flight

Stacked in concrete blocks
Five and six to a cell
It's what we can afford
Grass and trees slashed from the budget
Luxuries sacrificed to the body's relentless
Need to feed

Vilified for selfishness
By the ones who threw us out
With the bathwater
Because there was cash at the bottom of the tub

We froze
Glazed over
Immobilized by the elements
But you still ask why we're so cold
When you had the summer of love
And left us a long winter of discontent