4

From My Untitled Series

Photo Credit: Dasha Vdovichenko from Unsplash

my palms smack the vertical plane
you, her, them, savoring a grassy knoll
there, me, reminded of my cowardice
this could have been mine

my palms, inches from the fistfuls of grass,
charred brown, always crumbling in my clutches
there, me, reminded of my leaden tongue
this could have been mine