Screw Iowa! - Poet's Corner

I had two of my poems, Darkness & Snow, published in the Poet's Corner of Screw Iowa! yesterday.  These are my first poems that I have submitted anywhere and am happy that they were accepted on the first try.

DOPPELGANGER

I don’t know where these hands came from, but they’re not mine.  My hands were young and strong and smooth like finely crafted tools.  These hands are not mine.

Whose eyes are those?  They struggle to see their own reflection.  Surrounded by creases and folds their fading irises are shallow and dry.  I had dark eyes that glimmered and saw life everywhere.  How does one steal someone’s eyes?

Those legs, brittle and shaky, like a parasite you were drawn to my body.  I have no strength for that withered pair.  Bring back my limbs!  When I was alone they carried me to friends.  When I was with friends they danced.  Oh, how they danced.  Cowards!  They escaped and let these shams take their place.

Hair?  Dejected and depressed by the constant gray you abandoned me and left the ground infertile.  No fraud even desires to take your place.  I hope you find color and hope wherever you are.

This heart.  This heart is mine.  It pounds weakly because it’s alone.  The sole survivor, but it is mine.  It weeps for the loss but it fights on.  Slow down heart you have only yourself to support. Stay calm.  That’s it.  Rest.


Daybreak

Cloudy morning.
Clouded mind.
Gray on gray.
Mist refined.
Sun breaks through.
Warm and kind.
Green on blue.
Night resigned.

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