I Am A Moving Grain & Into The Long Grass || by Damien Posterino

I AM A MOVING GRAIN

My life has felt the hand of motion 

I’m a cork tossed in the ocean,

like a sand dune 

in the desert hourglass. 

I am a moving grain 

outside the billions that remain,

to be blown away 

by winds that say my name.  

Each storm that wraps me up inside 

its tattered map to be my guide, 

and the waves can spray my journey 

to a shore where I can hide. 

I want no roots to tie me down

these shoes move to another town

I squeeze the sweetest juice from life

while bitter fruit is chewed by clowns.    

And my heart beats to the sound 

of new ports that can surround me,

and strange oxygen to fill my lungs 

that lifts me to the sky.  

My one night loves they come and go

each tear I shed is not for show,

my passing story has been written

so again my engines go. 

I’m a bird that sings alone 

on the branches of its home,

this lonely love song 

will always be my own.  

INTO THE LONG GRASS

I buried some bones in the backyard.

They cry to me at night while I sleep,

against their soil I cast as a blanket

thrown to keep these skeletons warm.

The light of eternity looks down at me,

its darkness shines, tugging my closed lids

like impatient curtains at a full cinema.

My whole life feature is a movie where

hidden treasures are uncovered despite 

the worst intentions of the protagonist. 

MEET THE POET:

 

DAMIEN POSTERINO (he/him) is a poet currently writing full time. Damien is Melbourne born but has also made London, Bangkok, Singapore & Mexico his homes at different times. His poetry explores themes of characters, commentary and capturing moments in time. He has been published in recent editions of Analogies & Allegories Literary Magazine, Abergavenny Small Press, BOMBFIRE, Jupiter Review, Fairy Piece Magazine and Poetic Sun Journal. You can find him on Twitter at twitter.com/damienposterino