![]() Glitter in the NuclearA Poem by Anna
Where there were glints of light
In the distant horizon, passing Through funeral wakes, buildings Decaying in the morning mist-- Ivy drawing life deep into the bones Of places forgotten-- I wander aimless For figures no one's ever seen. For shadows in the dawn-strike By luck and perseverance, and the Great grief of dead gods-- Failures of the modern world Writhing in the mold of centuries Suffocating in my hands. In dreamy haze, in pools of water Still and beautiful, a certain Kind of lavender pale Consumes a man inside himself. My fingertips are tracing patterns In the porch wood, and I picture A fingertip mirrored tracing mine-- All his aching heart in the lines Sinking in the circles around A white owl's eyes in the dark twilight. And a man could lose himself In the brevity of peaceful daydreams That fall, and fall forever Comets across the pitch of the sky-- The faces of gnomes in the garden Cast tall shadows, split between hydrangeas Strawberries that swell for an absent touch Where I hesitate to chase figures Instead-- And beg them to be tangible. © 2024 Anna |
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