Carried Away by the Wind
And
then the air
left
both my lungs
as
I gasped
for
the breath
that
no longer cared
to
be held
so
close,
but
wanted release
toward
a freedom
I
couldn’t fathom
beyond
broken spaces
in
my chest
where
the organ
played
its final song
called
collapse.
Scott Thomas Outlar
Scott Thomas Outlar hosts the site 17Numa.wordpress.com where
links to his published poetry, fiction, essays, interviews, reviews, live events,
and books can be found. His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and
Best of the Net. Scott was a recipient of the 2017 Setu Magazine Award for
Excellence in the field of literature. His work has been translated into
Albanian, Afrikaans, Persian, and Italian.
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