Star 6
written by: Timothy Resau
Beauty is your weapon—
You, who sit in great trees,
calling stars by name:
Merak
Duhbe
Polaris—
You who listened to my demands,
but did not fill time—
I was there with you, I know—
O lady — pure woman —
your wings still beat my heart.
And I’ve scraped long enough thru
my disease, waiting, always waiting.
Anxious in this catatonic mind,
watching Sisyphus as any brother would—
I’ve lifted more nails than my share,
only to have you bore your image
deeper into my brain—
If I’ve cried, it was only for you—
Now I know these walls are more
for you than me.
Timothy Resau’s writings have appeared internationally in Spillwords, Defuncted Journal, Poetry, New Pop Lit, ZiN Daily, Discretionary Love, Fictional Cafe, Ephemeral Elegies, Alternate Route, Front Porch Review (photos), Origami Poems Project “Z”, a Micro-Clapbook, Poetica,Poetry Quarterly, Lothlorien Poetry, e.ratio, Superpresent, KGB Bar Literary Journal, Decadent Review, among others, a novella is forthcoming in 2023 from Anxiety Press.
Latest posts by Timothy Resau (see all)
- Star 6 - December 30, 2022
- To The Girl Upstairs in the Small Room - August 28, 2021
- The Old Man - May 5, 2021
