Usman Faiz Poetry

listlessly she drenches
the twin blade

of severed moments
and tower heartbeats

with tunnels
of wind-swept water
which burrow fitfully into her lungs

bracketed by
the ocean-full darkness

her failed grip
on the piercing vines
of remorse

leaves bothhandsfree
to wrestle
with her 2 decades
of meandering yearning

suddenly
her eyes swallow a 5 megapixel photo
of pruned roses:

she's choking on an old petal
dried out from years of being
stuck between the pages
of her abandoned journal

and
then comes the blurry close up
view of an adam's apple
and its serpentine,
gulping finale

Poet: Tom Goss