Years of Winter by Christian Garduno

                       Davide Ciriello CC



Years of Winter

Colors of spring explode all around your eyes
no wonder there’s so much wonder
only a couple hours into spring
and the hickory is already thick inside your clothes
it’s in every lash of your eyes
 
And after many years of winter
comes that tiny flutter between heartbeats
I feel like a child in the sun again
spinning circles up through the clouds
all the way toward the tiny jupiters reflecting in your eyes
 
So many seasons in the permafrost
trying to bide my time
oh, how I truly thought all was lost
now I’m biting my bottom lip 
 
We could pick up off exactly where we left off
right back from that last kiss into a new kiss
don’t you know I am so with it
and that is all I really want in my life
-to fall back in love with you
there’s really no wonder at all
and she's singing— 
being in love… is being free

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Christian Garduno edited the writing compilation (Evolver) and a solo collection (Face). His work can be read in over 30 Literary Magazines, including Riza Press, where his poem, “The Return”, was a Finalist in their 2019 Multimedia Journal Contest. He lives and writes in South Texas with his wonderful wife Nahemie, young son Dylan, and pet bear-cub Theodore Bexar.

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