this says everything
for Melissa Taylor
late at night with
windows cracked
white stars beyond
our reach pockmark
the tarry winter sky
facing each other,
legs intertwined,
you breathe deep
and exhale the day
i breathe in your waste
simply to taste your life
there’s so much to say,
yet this says everything
i kiss your forehead
and say goodnight
and in the morning
we wake together
to another spring
Tohm Bakelas is a social worker in a psychiatric hospital. He was born in New Jersey, resides there, and will die there. His poems have been printed widely in journals, zines, and online publications all over the world. He is the author of twenty-six chapbooks and several collections of poetry, including Cleaning the Gutters of Hell (Zeitgeist Press, 2023). He is the editor of Between Shadows Press.
INSTAGRAM: @flexyourhead
FACEBOOK: Tohm Bakelas
WEBSITE: - http://tohmbakelaspoetry.wordpress.com
for Melissa Taylor
late at night with
windows cracked
white stars beyond
our reach pockmark
the tarry winter sky
facing each other,
legs intertwined,
you breathe deep
and exhale the day
i breathe in your waste
simply to taste your life
there’s so much to say,
yet this says everything
i kiss your forehead
and say goodnight
and in the morning
we wake together
to another spring
Tohm Bakelas is a social worker in a psychiatric hospital. He was born in New Jersey, resides there, and will die there. His poems have been printed widely in journals, zines, and online publications all over the world. He is the author of twenty-six chapbooks and several collections of poetry, including Cleaning the Gutters of Hell (Zeitgeist Press, 2023). He is the editor of Between Shadows Press.
INSTAGRAM: @flexyourhead
FACEBOOK: Tohm Bakelas
WEBSITE: - http://tohmbakelaspoetry.wordpress.com
