by Kelsey Pizante
Doors are opening in the chambers
Of my hopeful heart
Sleepy darlings all around
Resting hollow heads
But I am tightly wound
I tell myself the story
And how I want it to end
Papers you marked
Papers I read
Ocean kisses, misting through
I wish for one on my lips
I cannot look, cannot look over, and yet—
No helping it, I turn
I hint, you hum
Tide crushes on, I forget the sound of silence
Wanting you is mindless
Oh, this moment, how it screams at me
Like the West to vapid men
Foolish captains of foolish ships
Simple to see beyond the cliff, I could leap, and yet—
No saving it, I turn
Oh, this moment, how it will be
Sweeter and safer in memory
And so I let it pass
I let it pass
I shiver, things fall apart—
Doors are slamming in the chambers
Of my hopeless heart
About the Author
Kelsey Pizante is primarily a genre and literary fiction writer, and a freshman in the Writing & Literature major at UCSB’s College of Creative Studies. She grew up in Sacramento, and counts her lucky stars everyday that she's a California native. When not writing or reading either a romance, mystery, or historical fiction novel, she's stage-managing for a theatre production, finding coffee shops with friends, or doing Pilates.