The Poetry Marathon

feeding koi

liquid silver bleed into pollock’s

convergence, splashing brightly

against the surface before returning to

cool, deep waters

random slivers of

sunlight bath your sleeping face:

summer dawn breaking

cloud turtles in a piedmont sky drifting westward

are soon as lost to me as your voice;

did you know when we met that we

would end like this?

even now I struggle with the idea

of loss, of never, of forever.

In the morning I went about life
coffee, laundry, reading –
completely unaware that
the world was ending.

In the evening, I fell and fell
deeper into the nothingness
of the chasm that opened
without warning beneath me.

Somewhere between those
pinpoints of time,
the world spit me out into
chaos, into the dark.

bright moon in night sky
reflected in still water,
beautiful springtime

a quick hello to everyone. this is my first marathon and i am excited to be joining you in this event. currently working on my mfa creative writing at mississippi university for women while living in north carolina. since i am not taking classes this summer, the marathon will be a welcom break from the research and reading i am doing for my thesis. love coffee, cats, and chocolate … and the oxford comma.