Katrina Kaye
Every night
I save you
in a hundred
different ways.
I say the
right thing;
I turn a
different corner;
I catch you.
Every night,
I bring past
to present and
relive that
last day,
only different.
I take the
gun from your
hand; I answer
the phone.
I listen,
just listen.
Every night
I am there
instead of here.
I stop
it from
happening.
Every night,
in most
precious
imagination,
I become
your champion.
“Champion” is previously published in Rabbits for Luck (2016).
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).
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