Saltwater
Saltwater has a way
of cleansing small wounds
which amass during
bouts of depression
of cleansing small wounds
which amass during
bouts of depression
A dulled deluge of trepidation,
tasting of copper blades,
fathomed by silent necrosis
tasting of copper blades,
fathomed by silent necrosis
A mouthful of sprained pain,
coughed up and abandoned
into sand dune voids
coughed up and abandoned
into sand dune voids
Saltwater has a way of diluting
(Deluding?) the memories
staining the pale black facade,
sinister, yet unspoken of
(Deluding?) the memories
staining the pale black facade,
sinister, yet unspoken of
A liquid slap to the stomach,
sprung from the abyss
to eat your envy and feed
off your dreams
sprung from the abyss
to eat your envy and feed
off your dreams
The worst saltwater
comes from those who say
they love you,
comes from those who say
they love you,
because the pure water
you're expecting, always cracks
you're expecting, always cracks
like
whips of sand, and drowns
your heart in self-questioning,
until you barely remember
your heart in self-questioning,
until you barely remember
what it’s like to
swim
Adam Levon Brown
Adam
Levon Brown is an internationally published poet and author in 14 countries. He
has had his work translated in Spanish, Albanian, Arabic, and Afrikaans.
Boasting over 300 published pieces, you can find his writing at such
publications as Burningword Literary Journal, Firefly Magazine, Zany Zygote
Review, Epigraph, Angel City Review, and Ariel Chart. He was long-listed in the
2016 Erbacce Prize poetry competition and received a special mention in the
Pangolin Prize 2018 competition
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