Under candle snowmans,
you smelled like autumn,
so I lifted my gums to you.
Hot chocolate melted i n your freckles
and I shoveled my loneliness into your core,
camping within your dial sponge ribs.
Dog days of swimming in mangrove roots
and stale lake water defined the sunburns
marking my ground stained arms.
You melted mittens from my hand
after fire and ice combated for comet trophies,
and liquefied my ice skating toes into summer.
SEarching for gravity, I'd perch on sleigh rides,
clinging to frosted edges and reveling in consistancy,
you transformed my gravity to carousels and cotton candy.
But lying on the lake beach, as I danced from
glimmering water, were your sandals,
tracing the lapping of the lagoon, without you.
I had forgotten shoes- and so you piggyback
carried me to summer memories and where
you loved me, but when you left, you walked away barefoot.
In meteorite worthy instant, my paper cut scabs
were drowning in hand sanitizer and gasoline
as Velcro matches twisted a lie into fuel.
Author notes
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Comments
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Absolutely genius write!
The imagery and metaphors here are brilliant and beautiful even though the tale is sad.
Marvelous job!
♥ kate -
wow...loved the imagery and other wonderful figurative language.
Well done and good luck
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Wow this was superb!
So loaded with imagery
and metaphors.. really
beautifully done. Loved the
ending. Only thing I'd mention
is I noticed one sticky cap
"SEarching" in stanza 5
and in the 2nd stanza there
should be no space between
"i n">> in.
Best of luck
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