Mary-Antonia Lombardi
Letting Go
Acrylic on paper
Response

What Once Saved Me
By Lisa Nielsen
Inspiration piece

You were a boarder

jetstreaming on the milky way,

valiantly negotiating tributaries of the universe

for the best route to earth and

became my redeemer. An invitation swaddled in blood and skin,

(cleansing the palate of my brutal life)

my second chance

Now, tormented, I cast shadows

for what will save you, convinced the right

calculation of your  frustrations,

(you are soaked with weed, beer and futility)

will reduce them to sub particles

there is no equilibrium in a battle of wills,

our respective corners are jammed

with the past, present and future

and the accolades of knowing

(my scars – a roadmap I hope you never read)

“You are over-thinking” he says

“I see what you’re doing”,

hand waving towards the ceiling

like he’s conducting his life

and I am simply out of tune

doesn’t he see,

I just want him to remember infinity?

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