One of my poems, Moon Shadows, is published in their new Summer Edition! Please check out the magazine as it includes many area poets.
eMerge Magazine’s OPEN CALL! Accepting new submissions for 2022 on August 1st!
Link to my poetry in eMerge Magazine:
https://emerge-writerscolony.org/moon-shadows/
Human toils and tides
Hardships and bellows
Follows us like the moon
You can see him over there – – –
Sitting on your shoulder
And his shadow
Grows longer still
But then a heart stops! – – –
You just thought
You had more time
You can’t go on no further
Hard luck strikes ~
This is it!
It’s over!
There is no more ~
And then …
By some miracle, a reprieve
While you recover
Your body becomes slow and weighted down
in trying out the living again
Like freedom forgotten
Escaping is your only thought
Becomes paramount
No staggering steps here
No unwashed hair
No night pj’s to spare
Yes, I’m up
I’m dressed
Take me somewhere
Anywhere
How about a big steak?
That should really help, right?
Protein for healing, right?
That will help me feel alive again
It’s no one’s fault
Except maybe the moon’s
Take me to a place of my forgotten memories
Where conversations are free
Where people get to see each other
Where people shake your hand and ask how you are?
Where people take time to live
A little extra easy
In all that living they do so well
Yes, you can take me there~
Shadowleaves on Lake Ann 