Crushed by Nicole Surginer

The crow lingers here still,
hovering horizon of
charcoal coated cloud;
Swallowing up the light
of hope’s glimmer.
I remain hopelessly adrift,
flighting spaces between
love and despair .
I taste the crushing
anguish of acrid air .
The blackness of void
bleeds from my heart.

Nicole Surginer is a poet from the small town of Bastrop, Texas. She is inspired to write by her love for nature’s enchantment, a fascination with the power of raw, intense emotion and a desire to create beauty with words. She has been published in Tuck Magazine, Anti-Heroin Chic, Indiana Voice Journal, Tuck Magazine, Sick Lit Magazine, Your one Phone Call, In between Hangovers and pending works in the Contemporary Poets Facebook group anthology, “Dandelion in a vase of roses”.