Honeyed scent of jasmine nights Full moon at our fingertips November spring in fairy lights Tea and kisses warm our lips Fresh-baked bread, fresh-picked plants Toddler soccer all day long Sunlight sifts in softened slants Beeps compete with sparrow song It’s the burst of life before winter hitsFrantic bees fill up their hivesThere’s no oneContinue reading “Autumn Arrives”
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Summer Suburbs
Summer suburbs, water gun warsThere was joy in the air There was candy in storesWe would bike through the streetsWe would climb through the treesThere was nothing to loseAnd so much to seize Fifteen years later, summer arrivesYou were fired from your jobI am working till nineYou’re behind on your rentAnd my energy’s spentLet’s watch someContinue reading “Summer Suburbs”
The Music is Always There
When you wake up and feel deflatedAnxieties, insecurities exaggeratedWhen all is backwards and wrongI hope you will listen to this song When the emptiness expands And the colors collapse When the days bleed together Into one formless massWhen the tunnel is showing no light I hope this song can make it alright I’d like toContinue reading “The Music is Always There”
What I Want You to Know
I want you to know what you do to meBut I don’t know how to say it Some otherworldly alchemyCan’t measure, map, or weigh it I want you to know my valleysThe jagged stones and streams withinWhere do I begin? I want you to know how I think of you But I don’t want toContinue reading “What I Want You to Know”
Look (A Plea)
Look over thereThere’s a little girl lost in the treesShe’s splashing in puddlesAnd diving into the fall leaves Look over there There’s a woman all wrinkled and grayHer eyes are clear and wiseHer life, a cherished prizeShe’s the beauty that lies in decay Look over hereOn the floorboards, you’re splayed like a sheetFace a cruelContinue reading “Look (A Plea)”
Linger
I’m wading in the memory of the magic of last night When our bodies, slow and tender, came together and took flight It’s not a flashback, it’s time becoming space The path along your back that my fingers softly trace You say you hear the ocean when you rest against my chest You’re the moonContinue reading “Linger”
The Art of Walking Backwards
It seems that I have masteredThe art of walking backwardsI crane my neck with great precision Sidestep every near collision It’s not as hard as it may seem Like fingertips on a fading dream A misty memory from when you were young A word whispering at the tip of your tongue You learn to trustContinue reading “The Art of Walking Backwards”
Milestones
It seems that every milestoneLooks more and more like a tombIn a graveyard neglected and overgrownTaunting: “Take a good look, you’ll be here soon.” There’s only so long I can avert my gazeAnd focus on the runWill they remember me with a shining glaze?An epitaph: ‘loving father, husband, and son?’ First few decades, my soleContinue reading “Milestones”
Just One Thing
I’ll take the trash out I’ll work the math outI’ll pay the bills You’ll take the scenic routePick up some fresh farm fruitLife’s little thrills I’ll take your sage advise Never make the same mistake twiceNo such thing as free You’ll take the temperatureOf how things are and how things wereAnd how things should beContinue reading “Just One Thing”
Storm Chaser
Unformed words frozen on your lipsForeign hands fastened on your hipsClose your eyes, slip into the abyssOf weightlessness Tender lies whispered in your ear Stormy skies breaking in your sneerLurching night guiding you to your trystWith loneliness You’re a storm chaser Crave the form of the twisterTaste the rush of the hurricane The lightning bolt,Continue reading “Storm Chaser”
Jeremy Koloski 