angelform
by Mathew Yates
angelform fog
which you can kiss
into a halo’d prince
bog-flower bloomed too soon but
still as punic as the dreaming hour
how can i expect to love eternity from this
putrid crystal pit of blood & hurting?
how am i supposed to commune with uncertainty
without a mirror down here?
absolute light emanates from every lip i see
were you to speak just now
like that
i would evaporate on back
into angelform free
where i have always had memories of being
god i need a new leaf
reincarnation as a tree, maybe
won’t you kiss the air
& turn me back
into a cage
Mathew Yates (they/them) is a poet & artist from Paducah, Kentucky. Their poetry can be found in Barren Magazine, Epigraph Magazine, marlskarx, Memoir Mixtapes, & more. Their illustrations can also be found in the recent full-length release, Flutter, by Kristin Garth, published by Twist in Time Press. (@m_yates)