Sunday, June 19, 2016
begin.
if I begin writing
poems for you, in the
endless string of moments
lurking in between,
while I stealthily
manipulate pessimism
while I attempt to pacify
the resuscitation of a
recovering and
abandoned, but ever
hopeful seer
in the moments we will
inevitably collide, two
worlds pressing closer than skin
if I am willing to say to you
what you are, instead
of what you are not.
when I begin writing
poems for you, will
you let the phrases
speak on my behalf,
pulling my face closer
by my hair, and taste the words
in my open mouth
© 6.19.2016 heather brager
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
sunday return.
you walked with him
to the street, another wet,
grey morning, and
his arms detained carefully, with
sparse words matted together
before the taxi arrived
for a blurry parting, nothing
like you fabricated.
the driver’s broken english, while
stroking a rosary, which swung from
the rearview mirror where
he snuck glances through you, and
you misheard him say
“he’s not the one” as you
latched your seatbelt
watching for signs along the way
arriving far too early, as
you usually do.
to the street, another wet,
grey morning, and
his arms detained carefully, with
sparse words matted together
before the taxi arrived
for a blurry parting, nothing
like you fabricated.
the driver’s broken english, while
stroking a rosary, which swung from
the rearview mirror where
he snuck glances through you, and
you misheard him say
“he’s not the one” as you
latched your seatbelt
watching for signs along the way
arriving far too early, as
you usually do.
© 6.7.2016 heather brager
Saturday, June 4, 2016
too much
please don't mistake our
passion for need
we've become the fathers
who walked away
and the husbands
we dreamed of marrying
don't mistake our
tenderness for weakness,
or our certainty
for desperation
if properly tended, our fire
will awaken the dead
6.5.2016 heather brager
Friday, June 3, 2016
augury.
there may come a day when loss
transforms into a field of swaying lavender
her backdrop a storm far out at sea
bravery bending down at the helm
pressing soaked against the wind
accepting forgiveness from the moon
pain is comprised of memories
the language of flowers decaying in a
vase
dropping petals on the kitchen
counter
cotton sheets and a softly bent arm
reaching for you to the patterns of
rain outside of the opened window
love is woven through everything
the skin on his cheek where
your finger traced while he slept
the intersection where you stood
when you realized you were hopelessly
lost,
the moment you could breathe again
© 6.4.2016 heather brager
Thursday, June 2, 2016
the common denominator.
when her eyes caught
your gaze
on another rapid decline
you suspected the night
would
likely not revert to
stillness
in truth, latent
thoughts would
seldom unfold that way
again
*
her hips and their words
would grasp at your
heart
with smoldering fingers
she would borrow your
watch
from inside of the sea
and pending another
departure
*
despite the slack
obedience
to cyclical verdicts
she would jump through
revolving doors with a
stranger
brandishing a propensity
for fastening universes
together
© 6.2.2016 heather
brager
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