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”
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Tamar
You sparked a heat wave That snapped when you came homeEvery time I held youI was petrified I’d break your bones Your momma moved the earth and seasTo bring you hereAnd with the greatest loveCome the deepest shades of fear The labor lastedAn eternity, maybe more But ‘eternity’, ‘infinity’Those words just don’t mean what theyContinue reading “Tamar”
The Same Thing
The rise and fall of your chest The wax and wane of the moonThe ebb and flow of the tide January melting into JuneThe swell of the stringsIt’s all the same thing The glint in your eyesThe glimmer of the lakeThe winking of the stars The memories that we make The shine of my weddingContinue reading “The Same Thing”
Jeremy Koloski 