Horizons

Katrina Kaye

a scattering of imperfections
across your perfect desert sunset

too many stray clouds

strange ideas
mixed colors

absorbing
melting
fading

waiting for you
on that line

where sky meets ground
world falls flat

water pours into space

we hold hands

and think about jumping

“Horizons” is previously published in A Scattering of Imperfections (2009).

Angela’s Angel

Katrina Kaye

Falling leaves,
red and gold,
scatter around your oak.
The wind holds,
a safe caress,
until your name
sends them hurtling
through the dusk.

I find you.

Perching upon
rotting gravestones,
counting the passing
time in sunshine
and rusting grass.
Patient as the dead.

Decomposing angel,
eyeing moldy lettering,
neatly carved dress
billowing in absent wind.

I wonder how long
to wait before
breaking the stillness
with scattered words,
as inconsequential as
fallen leaves around
the footing of oak trees.

“Angela’s Angel” is previously published in They Don’t Make Memories like that Anymore (2011).

Katrina Kaye

I am the cliché

girl colored jade

who doesn’t believe in love

doesn’t believe in much of anything

likes to talk to you though

likes the pictures in your eyes

and the kisses

(like suppressed hunger)

you don’t seem to mind

donating to my charity

“The Cliche” is previously published in A Scattering of Imperfections (2008).