I Like to Imagine You in Seasons
Valerie Westmark Like when you were wet with summer and new love, content to be loud with your intentions, to push me to be fuller, less righteous, authentic. You wore brazened skin, heavy with freedom and victory. Or the days lazy and pressed by ordinary time. You were more muted, but never less steadfast or promised. It wasn't bright colors but soft joys, sustainable, as an ember burning. My favorite, though, is how you now mix the two, smoldering in the comfortable rhythm, paced and even, as the years count out. But never losing surprise, the bronzed bones of you coming late into the night as you did that summer: carefree, magnificent, fleshed full of possibility. |
About the author:
Valerie Westmark graduated from Samford University with a Bachelor's in English and a concentration in creative writing. Her poetry has been in several publications including, Wilderness House Literary Review, The Southern Voice, The Wayfarer, Sleet Magazine, The Voices Project, Damselfly Press and Ikleftiko. She currently resides in Pensacola, FL. |