Downhill

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By Rowan Finley Published about a year ago • 1 min read

Photo by Lukas Rodriguez: https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-photography-of-a-man-standing-on-a-tree-3680219/

I held you in the water bed of my eyes,

the ocean of my non-stop sighs.

I held you on the riverbank of the cadence of silence’s cash prize,

and then it all just ROARED

do w n h i l l

The echoes on my heart rafters

splintered my wintery bones.

Standing on bowed wooden spine,

I smiled at smooth, sweaty, summer in the face with such sickening longing!

Father. Academic Advisor. Musician. Writer. My real name is Jesse Balogh.

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Written by Rowan Finley