Child of the World
A child of the world, I pause in reverence
Of the still, entwined boughs of trees
Coiled en masse
I am an ambassador of the flesh
Communing piety with the streams of sunlight
Parched by the desolation
Of empty artifacts
Mechanical and deformed
Crafter of words
I shape cauldrons
A witches brew of charms
Shaken three times
To levitate you with spices piquant
Potion of my heart
I open my core to you
The pit of an apple Eve gave Adam
In a sly twist of fate
The seeds of a vision
Of you and me
Two untamed hearts
Springing up industriously
And the nuances bright
Little ironies and magic slurs develop
That you inhale
As incense to a god
Spiritual anatomy
Of a leaf
Both chemistry and destiny
I hold in my palm
For our fortune is here
Contained in its veins
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Incantations
Terse, the pages turn
Discrete, your moves on the floor
Compact, the mirror reflects pursed lips
I was spellbound and I was book bound
Cast askance to beat
Once imbued in the shadows
Of your silhouette
Tome’s communion
Folds your notes
Into incantations
Language fluent
Thick tongued, tight lipped
Curses course through your smoky lips
Reverend seances we had three shots deep
I pillage my mind’s eye
For clear sighted ways to bookmark the pages,
Capture the alchemy of your form
But find my Self instead
Bleary eyed and tongue tied
Stopped short, at the cadence of your verse,
The trademark rhythm your lines,
The decadence of your lithe grin
Sara Grimes is a poet and writer, studying creative writing at UC Riverside. She adopts a lyrical style inspired by her heady dose of music immersion. She is active in the cross-pollination of creative projects in the open mic community in Seattle, Washington. She is passionate about diversity in education and when she is not writing poetry, she is tutoring immigrants ESL at her local non-profits.
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