Typewriter Series #2819 by Tyler Knott Gregson*Psst, wanna hear...

Typewriter Series #2819 by Tyler Knott Gregson

*Psst, wanna hear me read these poems aloud?  Podcast is up on Spotify and iTunes and places, and the linkthing is in my bio. Subscribe, it’s gonna grow soon.*

Twice the man
you’d need if you
said you needed more,
fighter man, if you
asked for strength.
I’d punch these knuckles
into chalk and blood
and paint you an apology
with the soft pastel of
my rage, watch it darken
as it dried.

Half the man
you’d need if you
said you needed less,
give you a black hole
of some imploded star
if you made two hints
about needing space,
peaceful man,
if you asked for tenderness,
turn this cheek
and offer you that one,
then back until I was
the sunset purple
of bruises before
healing.  

-Tyler Knott Gregson-