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Edited by Deborah Fries
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E. Twan Crawford
two poems
Miles from Nowhere
Fingers slowly loosen straps of
a helmet
Memories of her
letting her hair down.
Lifting the helmet,
memories are set free
Frightened birds
take to flight and I follow.
My leg rubs against
the engine, it's still hot.
Memories of her
warm smooth touch.
Wind blows quietly
and eyes close.
Her voice, like a
whisper, her hot breath in my ear.
Frightened deer, lying in tall grass, stands, runs.
Her, awaiting my
return, rises as I come near.
Drops of cold rain
slap my face.
Memories of our
parting.
When the things you want and need become what
you fear and hate,
you put down miles and years
increasing the distance
from that past. Afraid
to look back, you
might see the truth, the truth
about the wreckage
you call a life.
When the fist
around your heart begins to loosen
You finally start
to feel the pain, then realize
you've only hurt
yourself. Loosening a little more
you feel emotions
you thought you never had.
When the fist
opens, your heart shatters like glass
sending shards
slicing and the pain makes you
remember no matter
how fast or how long you rode
she has always been your
departure and destination.
As clear as still
blue waters you see you never left
what you sought to
leave. Having returned to where
you began, you ask
Ride forward with no redemption?
Ride back with
nothing to lose?
E. Twan S. Crawford is a photographer and musician living in Glenside. Fulltime, he is an IT director for a local advertising firm. He is exploring poetry and writing as other means of creative self expression.