Kelly Salasin

Tag: death

  • Death & Chocolate

    Halloween brings thoughts of decay and the permission to eat chocolate. Neringa ripples toward me as I approach down the slope of her wet leaves. Immediately, I want to consumate our movement– drink her up, have her take me. Neither will do, so I continue up the road on this Hallow’s Eve Day, sensing the…

  • Love’s Hiding Places

    kelly salasin In tippy-toed embraces and arched-neck kisses I learned about Love from my Mommy & Daddy But Love was Lost when they Divorced Turning Numb and Cold and Hiding its Face among the stars I never thought to see Love again Never wanted to Yet to my unabashed Surprise It reappeared Many years later…