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On thin ice~ By Virgil Saunders

6/21/2016

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I had this block,
this bloc decision
of who to let into my life,
to expand my horizons.
 
I had set out to conquer, and you
were not in the cards
not under the squeak of marker
on scarred glass.
 
I set out to miss nothing,
 and checked you in the corner.
 
We had 24/7 chances,
but the fluorescence was too bright?
The maze of your friends
and their thoughts
must’ve seemed inconquerable then:
it was all too clear how we would crack,
“we” was a reality too thin
to survive on.
 
They said that when you saw me
a lifetime later,
you were still in love.
I don’t know whether I was in the mood
to prove it too.
 
Behind closed doors I saw
that you had scored another one.
 
I wonder if you look after me too.
 

Author Bio:
Virgil Saunders is Maryland native with a passion for language and literature. While Virgil has been writing since childhood, it was not until the University of Maryland's Jimenez-Porter Writers’ House came calling that they were exposed to what creation could be. Exposure to various forms of life through the work of journalism has led Virgil to a more realistic sense of storytelling on subjects such as Rwanda and the world of retail. A thirst for learning new languages is only one aspect of Virgil’s appreciation of the art of words through syntax and sound. And indeed it is an interest that has led to many travels. Drawing on life spent in the Washington, D.C. area, Montreal and France, they have crafted poetry published in NEW MAPS and Blackberry: A Magazine, with much more going towards the re-telling of world events.
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