Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Cold Gray

"...my heart is beyond the sea now..."

Cold Gray

Below the clouds
forming in my eyes,
your soft eyes,
delicate as warm silk words,
used to support the love I held for you.

Cold, now gray, the sea tide
inside turns to poignant foam
upside down separates --
only ghosts now live between us.

Yet, dreamlike, fortune-teller,
bearing no relation to reality --
my heart is beyond the sea now.
A relaxing breeze sweeps
across the flat surface of me.
I write this poem to you,
neglectfully sacrificing our love.
I leave big impressions
with a terrible hush inside.
Gray bones now bleach with memories,
I'm a solitary figure standing
here, alone, along the shoreline.






Article © Michael Lee Johnson. All rights reserved.
Published in the August 23, 2021 issue .
Image(s) are public domain.
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