Angel by Oliver Kleyer
Maybe later in life, we
can laugh about how deeply
in love we were back then,
topsy-turvy and beyond,
so that my love poems for you
were all it needed to
carry us up and down
the staircase.
I am still not angry at you
for giving me
an autograph with
a false name
as long as you
visit me soon in
my exile at the
Castle of Elsinore.
“I submitted this two or three times, until I received feedback for it. On the one hand, I could relate to the suggestions that were made. On the other hand, I just couldn’t find the right starting point for revision.”
Oliver Kleyer is a full time teacher and part time poet from Northern Germany. He writes in English and German. His works can be found in Das zerbrochene Wort, The creative zine, KCB the mag (forthcoming) and anthologies.