Pages by Christian Garduno
You said you’d always stay
but I remember you packing up and and leaving
We promised we’d never lie
but I was the only one left believing
I woke up one morning & you were a stranger
but what was even stranger
is how familiar you looked
like someone re-arranged all the pages
in your book
You said you’d always be my soft landing
but when I finally went to fall
dear, you were nowhere near
and I was the only one left standing
I woke up one morning & you were a stranger
but what was even stranger
is how familiar you looked
like someone re-arranged all the pages
of your book
Christian Garduno’s work can be read in over 50 literary magazines. His poem, “Southern Horses”, is the recipient of the 2019 national Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry. He lives and writes along the South Texas coast with his wonderful wife Nahemie and young son Dylan.