Poetry By Samantha Lee Curran

       Franck Michel CC



through your eyes

i wanted to live through your eyes
but i changed my mind when you 
misplaced me for the hundredth time 

a front porch floating out to sea
an unwanted childhood pet at your door, 
i remember you said i must have lost my mind

i see it now through my own eyes
my choice was a string you pulled 
to satisfy a hole you couldn’t fill
your spine must have been the last thing to grow

at the end, in your room, 
you believed we’d get married one day
and i felt like i couldn’t breathe
and i never felt so free

the rocks at my window
sit in my stomach as a reminder
that there is a limit to heartbreak, 
an expiration date on a withering fruit 

i’m thankful i made it out alive,
even if i lost my mind

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Samantha Lee Curran is a poet, writer, founding editor of trash to treasure lit and the author of 'exposure to existence' (Alien Buddha Press, 2023). Her work has been published in Stereo Stories, Anaerkillik, Mamamia, SourCherry Mag, DED Poetry, Soft Star Magazine, Spiritus Mundi Review, Missive Mag, among others. Samantha was chosen as a Vessels of Love poet for the City of Sydney poetry event and she is attending an Artist's Residency at Chateau Orquevaux France in 2023. Twitter: @slcurran & Instagram: @s.l.curran