Watching What You Can’t Hold

Poetry microdose: Day Twenty-Five

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smoke-stack girl
floating just beyond reach

when i said i like chocolate delicacies
i meant mouthfuls of milo and strawberries on spoons

smoke-stack girl
dancing in the breeze

when i said you washed over me like a storm
i meant you filled my heart with rain

smoke-stack girl
swimming inside a bubble of champagne

when i said you leave me empty-hearted
i meant, in the sun, i’m a puddle left to dry

smoke-stack girl
cradling the denim-blue moon

when i said i’m a cloud waiting to die
i meant you’re a graveyard in the sky

Stevi-Lee Alver is an Australian writer and tattoo artist. She lives in the middle of Brazil with her wife. She loves bush walks and waterfalls but misses the ocean.

This poem is part of the drains of her mind collection.