Imagine for Me
by Anne Gvozdjak
an annihilating vengeance
and a vicious roaring in my body:
a sound of something shattering
through dust jungles as i smash this visceral
museum of a past apart,
and an ecstatic hysteria of rusted
neglect finally coming back alive:
violent blazes of a disjointed resurrection
only for every stunted feeling to be swallowed
by the old plaid loveseat,
overstuffed with a century’s worth
of scraped knees buried in gnarled wool,
of playing beggar to the pounding rain,
of the yearning to start over
and over again,
until this tomb of a body screaming blasphemy
suffocates itself
back into cacophonous desolation
and a vicious roaring in my body:
a sound of something shattering
through dust jungles as i smash this visceral
museum of a past apart,
and an ecstatic hysteria of rusted
neglect finally coming back alive:
violent blazes of a disjointed resurrection
only for every stunted feeling to be swallowed
by the old plaid loveseat,
overstuffed with a century’s worth
of scraped knees buried in gnarled wool,
of playing beggar to the pounding rain,
of the yearning to start over
and over again,
until this tomb of a body screaming blasphemy
suffocates itself
back into cacophonous desolation
Anne Gvozdjak is a high school junior living in Seattle, Washington. Besides writing poetry and working on her novel, her hobbies include graphic design, calligraphy, and reading. She also harbors an avid interest in STEM.