When I saw you
A poem about rejoicing and affection
When I saw you
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My eyelashes fluttered off of my face
and joined the soft summer breeze
carrying my breath, or maybe, my words.
And the cocoon cracked across my cheek,
shell sloughing down my neck and leaving
new skin exposed to the elements.
Metamorphosis in a moment, watch her
blossom for the first time as petals peel from
her face, pollen catches across her nose,
leaves flourish underneath her lips.
It is January, but this body is blooming.
It is winter, but this body is becoming
saturated once more with sunshine.
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And I wipe the fog from the mirror,
And I fall in love for the first time.
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If you enjoyed this poem, it and many more poems can be found in my paper collage poetry book, All the Brooding Flowers:
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Day 4 of Quitting
If this is how sobriety feels, maybe it’s better to go through life a little buzzed… this, along with other hits like, I want to kill myself, I wish I was dead, and I’m going to throw myself off a bridge have been the only thoughts on rotation these past few days. I promise myself that if, in a month, I still feel like this (‘this’ meaning despondent, full of rage, and simultaneously numb) I can go back to smoking. Until mid-February though? Nicotine is off the table.
By sleepy drafts5 days ago in Longevity
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