(11/10/86 / Columbus, Ohio)

Poems of Brian Maloney

1. (To be named later) 11/10/2010
2. Air and Water Show 1/20/2009
3. Caution 11/19/2006
4. Chicago Sestina 12/11/2006
5. On Dealing with Loss... 6/1/2011
6. The Defense of the Star-Spangled Banner 2/5/2012
7. To My Posterity 11/19/2006

To My Posterity

Standing in a moment where the birds ride on a gale.
The sinking sun has just begun to let darkness make colors pale.
Sensing something in the air, I sigh as I exhale.
All around I feel the night describe to me its lively tales.

Sitting in a moment where the sun’s now dipped beneath.
The fireflies accent the trees as they gently ride the breeze.
When I die, I can think of one thing I bequeath;
the lullaby that crickets cry from sitting in the summer’s heat.

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