victoria mallorga hernandez
lover, summer girl
lover,
summer girl climbing up my legs
feeling careless
softly opening my body
to the promise of empty august air
recklessness
that tints the afternoon red
forgets the taste of loss
upon your lips
disorientating
because
wouldn’t you want me to forget
your breaking promises
the color of words unbidden
as you trail upon my skin while
tripping over half truths
lover,
summer girl kissing my belly
like a bit out of a Sappho
fragment
you wonder if I would cross
the stream and whisper
promises again,
but you have burnt my hands
once again rotten feeling of disappointment
as I try to be enough for
someone that was always
waiting for the right moment to leave
so, lover,
summer girl, part your hands
bless the departure as a resignation
love tainted with loss before you closed
your eyes that very first time:
colors of the morning
crawling upon lost eves
in this sweltering
sweltering
weather.
summer girl climbing up my legs
feeling careless
softly opening my body
to the promise of empty august air
recklessness
that tints the afternoon red
forgets the taste of loss
upon your lips
disorientating
because
wouldn’t you want me to forget
your breaking promises
the color of words unbidden
as you trail upon my skin while
tripping over half truths
lover,
summer girl kissing my belly
like a bit out of a Sappho
fragment
you wonder if I would cross
the stream and whisper
promises again,
but you have burnt my hands
once again rotten feeling of disappointment
as I try to be enough for
someone that was always
waiting for the right moment to leave
so, lover,
summer girl, part your hands
bless the departure as a resignation
love tainted with loss before you closed
your eyes that very first time:
colors of the morning
crawling upon lost eves
in this sweltering
sweltering
weather.
Biography
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victoria mallorga hernandez (she/her) is a peruvian taurus, trickster, and poet. currently, she's an associate editor at palette poetry and editorial assistant at redivider mag. her first poetry collection, albion, came out with alastor editores in 2019. her poetry has been featured or is forthcoming in revista lucerna, el hablador, perhappened mag and anti-heroin chic. her book reviews have a home in the monthly newsletter la libretilla (@tiny_libretilla). you can find her as @cielosraros on twitter and instagram.
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