auburn moon

By lilith connor

you showed up in the middle of the night,
abandoned truck tires on our frozen ground.
the scent of ashes in the air, proof we´d forgotten flight,
and life and smell and sound.

the autumn sky mourning my lost joy,
i´ve fallen silent. I´ve fallen further and further away
from myself. i fell away from you- toy
dolls with abandoned hearts just keep beating and beating.

you watches the lights fade to black when the curtain shine
dimmed. i watched our storybook fall to pieces
tank tops in maroon, and the glisten of the rimmed
moon, i watched it fall to pieces.

¨it was a day like any other, love¨ but it wasn´t,
darling. in the graveyard of
lost memories, here lays a blood moon
and a dove.

lilith connor is a teenage girl with a deep passion for art, writing, and all things creative. She spends her time, reading, writing, and coming up with new ideas. She is an accomplished poet with a national Silver Medal in scholastic and has been published previously in several magazines/literary journals. She hopes to one day publish a book or novel and is mostly focused on improving her work as a poetry writer. Her main inspirations include Olivia Gatwood, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and Laurie Halse Anderson. She would be honored to have the chance to receive publication and would appreciate it. She is based in the US.