Trinity

Trinity

A Poem by Cole Hayley

It's like lodging against a hot stove
Or sticking a hand into a glove
Filled with snow
It’s bright and it’s direct
But it's only for a moment,
Only a monument on a retina
Like via picture
Or cellphone video
Or the worst one yet
Behind the cones and nerve
Behind the usual suspects of sight
Vision drawn out of what I imagine is naturally black
Thought, memory, the thought of you
Somethings I remember were good
Like visiting Trinity
Stopping to buy spinach
And we're talking up the livestock
“The houses weren't always this colourful”
But 8pm sky is like this for two weeks
The second week now, on the way back to Winter,
The first week doesn't matter we weren't here
And fish stop their smell for us
And seagulls better their key
And Donna put off a show and there's laughter
And the actors usually keep it to themselves
And it usually never escapes the theater
And it's dull enough, but we still hear
And it helps,
And it compliments
A bonfire lending smoke
We are made magical
Streetlamps, the very few,
Mark us as being in a place of life
And I'm at peace of mind
Then there are things that have happened since
The things left not up to memory but up to
Hear-say, worst-case-scenarios, scrubbing
Through social media feeds and connecting dots
I imagine you thought twice about leaving me, and
I imagine you found another’s bed comfortable
I go about this detective work through my fingers, 
Too curious to give up your case, too afraid to dig deep. 
It's like sticking your hand in a glove right out of a fire, 
Or putting your bare back on a stove that hasn't been used for awhile,

Ceramic like ice 

© 2016 Cole Hayley


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Cole Hayley
Cole Hayley

Montreal, Canada



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