notdeermag
waiting, Omar Zahzah
you remember when you heard that
ghosts don’t exist
you didn’t hear it alone
night grown stiff
familiar sounds hostile
but waiting to be
is work
new bones
won’t will themselves
just a few snaps
a little tighter now
when you come home
i’ll be the dark
of your dresser drawer
pooling around
the warmth of your hands
while spotty webs of lamplight
bend softly.
Omar Zahzah is a writer, poet and organizer. Several of Omar's poems were featured in the anthology, Beside the City of Angels: An Anthology of Long Beach Poetry. In 2016, Omar’s chapbook 13 Almost Love Poems was released. Omar holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from UCLA. Twitter: @dromarzahzah