Her Vision by Stephen Jarrell Williams

HER VISION

In the shadows...
she is
my love.

In the sunlight...
she is
my god.

Her vision
plants
roots deep
down my neck
heart
gizzard.

I cry blood
sacrificing
everything
for her...

Loving
the spread of her
living leaves.


Published in The Rainbow Rose- January 16, 2012

The Good-bye Girl by Stephen Jarrell Williams

I lost
a wing
on the flight
down from Utah

L.A. girl
brown bread
dropping a few crumbs
in my cupped hands

returning to her home
sure of herself
inviting me in
meeting her mother

we stayed out late
running the streets
her tail a tease
in the neon lights

dancing in a club
I told her I'd leave
early in the morning
my desperate warning

we hurried to her backyard
under a blurry moon
rolled on the lawn
whispering good-bye good-bye.


Published in The Scarlet Sound- April 2011