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A Poem by Joshua L Stelling I open my eyes and it is like the sun This hand Fingers rays Reaching in like there’s a hole in my chest Light passes right through me Or how do you explain my shadow? We usually cannot see The entirety of the line Circles, we see blades ofContinue reading “Reaching In”

A Poem by Joshua L Stelling There is a glass wall in my prison Through which the sunlight comes Red and blonde Blushing sky Do anything you will to me Torture me Dehumanize And I will have but one reply Thank you for the window I don’t speak to my captors They are not aliveContinue reading “The Window”

A Poem by Joshua L Stelling The motion of my child The breathing of time Light at angles comes Over her shoulder There is a penetrating glance Her eyes can see Years ahead she can’t define But for a shape in darkness Curve the hourglass, infinity Curve the horizon Mountains, glazing sky Opening a newContinue reading “Declaration”

A Poem by Joshua L Stelling If you were going to read a poem What would you want it to be? Calm like a ray of light An epic of destiny? There is a light that glides Across a wooden floor A cosmic messenger Translating stars Through dust Astronauts know A new age has begunContinue reading “Angels”

A Poem by Joshua & Taeleen I trace memories of your smile in the sand My house of small eternities What is anything if it’s in a dark place? My sight has gone silent I have nothing to bounce off of Like a mirror with no reflection Like a breathing body without a shadow MyContinue reading “A Theme Song For Autumn”

A Poem by Joshua Stelling Light as an arrow is the end of days Like men singing who once held arms Their melody is not without the pains of change But a risen tide coming Ravishing in the light Previous | Next

A Poem by Joshua L Stelling Submit to the beginnings of your life As if the breakfast meal were a toast of wine Words that echo days past Come up through you A bubble, a flower That long thing, the shaft of time Comes up through you Babbling, River We are a fall of waterContinue reading “Feathers”