Growth-Spiral

As darkness fell
A decade back
So, too, did it fall
Upon a house,
Upon a family,
Upon me...
Marking time
Like height
Drawn in lines
Upon a wall
Except...
One progression
Works its way up
As growth...
And the other
Works its way down
As a spiral.
I wish so much
I could keep the wall
And I wish so much
I could undo it all
Everything that's
Hurt us
Since
Ten years ago
Today.