Dying Diamond
What makes you think I love the same way back when I loved you? when you always had me thinking- oh no, what did I do? Going over and over everything again in my mind until I got so mixed up finally I just gave up Things were only working when I was apologizing how come I didn’t see that then? And what exactly makes you think I love like I loved back then? My soul was such a wreck heart-break was a safe bet crying in my sleep wasn’t enough to you I had to die in my dreams every night for you You had to bury me so damn deep the sad part was that I let you And when I clawed myself out of my grave the maddest part was that I didn’t regret you They say it takes a diamond a thousand years to shine but I look inside myself and I know I don’t have that kind of time And from now on, my window may be closed but don’t think I ever lock it Bio: Christian Garduno’s work can be read in over 100 literary magazines. He’s the recipient of the 2019 national Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry, a Finalist in the 2020-2021 Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Writing Contest, and a Finalist in the 2021 Julia Darling Memorial Poetry Prize. He lives and writes along the South Texas coast with his wonderful wife Nahemie and young son Dylan.
Fevers of the Mind 