Time Ages Blue
Megumi Jindo
this was said to fortify the bricks
decadence in defiance
the summer is starting
and the ants are crawling up that wall again
but it’s fine
it’s over a hundred degrees
the boat’s lulling
docked on the shore
we’re flying
to a place dark and shining
we’re landing for the night
between the trees
in the cold bustling grass of your bosom
if ever i did have you
then i’d rather be in your arms once more
be the line that you draw across
holding it down
the floorboards are creaking now
flinging myself towards you
a normal thing
velvet roses flutter free
and the winds are asking
are you ready?
About the Poet
Megumi Jindo is a spoken word poet and an upcoming college freshman at Swarthmore College. She has been published in Cathartic Youth Literary Magazine and Ice Lolly Review, among other places. She has been recognized for her poetry as a 2023 New York State Youth Poet Laureate Finalist and as a recipient of the 2022 and 2023 ruth weiss Poet Award. You can find her pumping to music, taking pictures of nature, or pensively thinking with the stars.