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”
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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”
The Way I Feel
Your banter was barbedYour loving was scarred The beginning was hardAnd it only got harder But the passion was quickYour touch electric An antiseptic For which I would barter All that you lacked Patch every crackMy soul still intact ‘Cause it was never on offer How could I knowThat your breakneck would slow?That your secretsContinue reading “The Way I Feel”
Over My Dead Body
“Over my dead body,” you said But for years now your body’s been deadYour lips and your hips and your hands They don’t work like they used to “I’m sorry, I don’t love you no more”“The kids know, the rings in the drawer”A slap, then a laugh, then the wrath Then the sarcastic ‘thank you’sContinue reading “Over My Dead Body”
Somewhere
SomewhereThe swing set creeksA ghost or a breeze?Blind bats whisper up above And the woodsBreathe with lifeWatch passersbySurrender their worries to its love Hurricane Floods the streetsThe world bleedsLife seeps into the gutters Where children swimCatch butterfliesChase fireflies‘Till morning cracks the shutters To a world Where bandaids failWhere pain prevails We search and we search for that place Continue reading “Somewhere”
Gunpowder Falls
Last night I dreamed that it was snowing The world was crisp and white and glowing But I when I woke up, my eyes raw,When my dream began to thaw,When my heartbeat started slowing It was your face that came flooding Memories warm and soft and sudden Like when you reach into your pocket No phone, no keys, no cash,Continue reading “Gunpowder Falls”
The Things We Left Behind
Momma wept It’s all too much to accept The memories she kept Swore to preserve and protectChipped floors she patiently swept Stacks of of junk-mail and debts The kitchen of crepes and cartoons All consumed Momma, I said It’s all still there in our headsYour laugh as you fed usThe tales that you read usHandsContinue reading “The Things We Left Behind”
Jeremy Koloski 