IF ONLY
It’s those words in the smaller pairings that offer
imagined depth but inexact dimension with eyes
that cannot see newness in weakened light absent colour
words that can be read from the ashes
of what never was in a time escaping
into the dimming sunset: if only I could see my choices
replayed if only I could hold them
when the air was younger when they floated
on a gentle breeze and were touched by an earlier sunlight
when I knew what it was to be in the moment
and I was captured by words still to come. If only
they were here if only
the words I heard then continued to speak now.
SR (Salvatore Richard) Inciardi was born in New York City and attended Brooklyn College and New York University. SR Inciardi’s poetry has appeared in the USA and in Europe in various online and print magazines including Green Ink Poetry, Harrow House Journal, Grey-Sparrow Journal, Borderless Journal, Written Tales, among others. He was a contributor to Green Ink Poetry for their publication on Kennings: Equinox Collections: Autumn released on Amazon in October, 2024.
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