Indigo
written by: Scott Thomas Outlar
@17Numa
I prayed that your song
would inspire a word
or two
shadow of the moon, humming glow
half yours, half mine
tithing each smile
to the sand in your teeth
trying to meet
each person
wherever they are
on their own path
while never forgetting
ours
recklessly we
crisscross and trample
the narrow lines between us
but sometimes we dance
Scott Thomas Outlar
Scott Thomas Outlar lives and writes in the suburbs outside of Atlanta, Georgia. His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. He guest-edited the Hope Anthology of Poetry from CultureCult Press as well as the 2019, 2020, and 2021 Western Voices editions of Setu Mag. He has been a weekly contributor at Dissident Voice for the past seven years. Selections of his poetry have been translated into Afrikaans, Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Dutch, French, Hindi, Italian, Kurdish, Malayalam, Persian, Serbian, and Spanish. His seventh book, Evermore, was written along with coauthor Mihaela Melnic and released in 2021. More about Outlar's work can be found at 17Numa.
Latest posts by Scott Thomas Outlar (see all)
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