first kiss
Sasha Leonard
after it rains
the clouds sigh
a breath of relief
that travels through
bitter greyness--
subtlety squeezed of
every drop of imagined
color, that of which
leaves the eyes stinging
with an ancient memory
of Heaven--
and this
is the chill of mist
lathered in a sweet
scent
of sickness
leaving sticky my window
that lets in the wandering
draft
somewhere in the past
heavy drops struck
the pavement
and I was left with
tingling toes and
scattered dew,
thick with a tune
reminiscent of a fading
whisper of a previous life,
with an afflicted breast
weighed down
by a sudden stillness,
time was whisked away
to blend into the
infinite sky
gloomy and feverish,
a vanishing bloom,
the soft graze of
quietude gifting me
a fleeting glimpse
of eternity’s birth
which looked like the floating moon
in dark spring mornings
the clouds sigh
a breath of relief
that travels through
bitter greyness--
subtlety squeezed of
every drop of imagined
color, that of which
leaves the eyes stinging
with an ancient memory
of Heaven--
and this
is the chill of mist
lathered in a sweet
scent
of sickness
leaving sticky my window
that lets in the wandering
draft
somewhere in the past
heavy drops struck
the pavement
and I was left with
tingling toes and
scattered dew,
thick with a tune
reminiscent of a fading
whisper of a previous life,
with an afflicted breast
weighed down
by a sudden stillness,
time was whisked away
to blend into the
infinite sky
gloomy and feverish,
a vanishing bloom,
the soft graze of
quietude gifting me
a fleeting glimpse
of eternity’s birth
which looked like the floating moon
in dark spring mornings
Sasha Leonard (PO'25) sees poetry as nourishment-a thing as important and natural as the breath. When not engaging with the medium though, she also enjoys baking, listening to music, and painting.
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