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Joshua Vetter Poem
Under the bright city light, I didn’t understand,
Your transient-playful energy, I could understand
Caught—Logic? Love? “Live for now” you told me,
memories blurred of that cold moon, I couldn’t understand
Dark whiskey and beer, warm pub seats—Big Buck Hunter,
playful words—no escaping cupid’s lyre, I would understand
Greenwich took us in—as travelers, together, for a short month
Georgia girl, savannah smile—so sprite, that, I could understand.
Staten Island bound on the ferry, and your lips
Unavoidable wreckage—hurricane sandy looms, I shouldn’t understand
No words for now, save the sorrow for later—time to love
Such a choice Joshua Cody, to be naïve—in good taste, I would understand.
Copyright © Joshua Vetter | Year Posted 2014
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Joshua Vetter Poem
First breath, deep
Stomach rises to the throat
Exhale, go
Down the beaten trail
Focused energy manifests
Deep in the mind’s core
Iron chains, make strides fail
Mile one, mile two, mile three
Bloody, bitter drips
Ridges on the lip
A reminder to inhale
Forest capillaries
Whip, wind, and intertwine
Eventually reaching all vesicles
Travel the path of highest energy
See not the mountainous hills
But the horizon above
Follow its beauty to knowing
Legs, arms, head, create synergy
Shackles of time weigh
On the collar of the shirt, sweat drips
Each filled with screams of pain
Falling, causing astringency
If not now, then when
Cast off the casted shackles
Your time is now.
Copyright © Joshua Vetter | Year Posted 2014
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