If there is a pinprick of light left
On the corner of Malatalia Boulevard
Then come to me and breathe slow
Promises of sweet honey between
My ear and yours
And when you wilt under seasons
Meet me at the corner.
And I will love you
As you love the lilies blooming
On an autumn night
Not quite gone
But almost.
Laura Nejako is from Lansdale, Pennsylvania and is a first year English B.A./M.A. student double majoring in English and education. She is a Schreyer Scholar and Paterno Fellow and works as an editorial intern at the Hemingway Letters Project. Laura was the 2017 grand prize winner of the Center for American Literary Studies “Wanted” writing contest. Her other publications can be found in Kalliope magazine and in Z Publishing’s Pennsylvania’s Best Emerging Poets.