Observations is a poem written by Joel L. Econas Jr., and shared with The Ugly Writers under the new theme Master of my Fate, Captain of my Soul for the month of January
Sometimes, I think you give yourself too little credit
when we created snow angels out of the dead meadow,
made alive by the constant bickering of where to lie
next: take one sock off and the rest will follow in
an unbroken chain of longing, hearts pounding,
lips in chorus, love dying into silent screams of
passion withheld, then made raw. I like to think
you know nothing about every object that floats
underneath my sky, your name etched into each
satellite, your face a pale silhouette on the horizon
I want to re-live when the sun falls and rises—like
a perfect pendulum against this ruckus we call life.
I would like to think this moment is as endless as
that little melody you hum into my dreams, into
nothingness, or so you believed when I counted
every single note, every rest, and made peace with
my worries, because for once—and for all time—I
do not need the fear the darkness behind my eyes.
