Best Poems Written by Angela Panagopoulos

Nicotine

They made it so hard to speak your name,
So much harder for me to blame them.


Enters in red right through my chest you
burned a clear gap.
Ready,
aim,
fire. 


Dynamite and dopamine share a first dance
A lit cigarette in my naive little hand. 

Each inhale like kerosene to my roots
Exhaling flames in the face of the truth.



I was always so willing to hold my breath
for you.

Copyright © Angela Panagopoulos | Year Posted 2015