An Obesity of Grief (by James Leland Ludeau III from Lafayette,LA)
Our love crumbled
Like burnt paper in my hand
My throat filled with the silt of it
My eyes swollen with tears
The grief sat with me
Its tropical heat thickened the air
Heavy as water
More fit for gills than lungs
The grief weighed on my flesh
Only more of it
An obesity of grief
Until, like a face, I took my life in the palms of my hands
No charming smile
No pretty eyes
And I said, "yes, I'll take you. And I'll love you again"
And I brushed off the ash of our love
and continued on my way
Beauty surrounding me
Like burnt paper in my hand
My throat filled with the silt of it
My eyes swollen with tears
The grief sat with me
Its tropical heat thickened the air
Heavy as water
More fit for gills than lungs
The grief weighed on my flesh
Only more of it
An obesity of grief
Until, like a face, I took my life in the palms of my hands
No charming smile
No pretty eyes
And I said, "yes, I'll take you. And I'll love you again"
And I brushed off the ash of our love
and continued on my way
Beauty surrounding me
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