Return

David Ishaya Osu

 
 

without flames, i could

put my flesh

back—as

a lover, you do

not forgive

because

the piano is

saying

sorry

to all

of us

the body will be wide

someday & we will

burn

to blue is

to look at

your shadow through

a mirror &

go to

birds

the sky is

as bright

as our

scars

friends

 

David Ishaya Osu is a poet, memoirist and editor. He is a board member of Babishai Niew Poetry Foundation. Among numerous publications, his work appears in Eureka StreetSlice MagazineTransitionSalamander MagazineNew Coin Poetry, Poetry WalesPoetry Salzburg ReviewPlatypus Press. David is currently the poetry editor of Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel.