The Trick of Falling In Love by T A Jones
It’s like magic.
Amazed by it
Happening but left
Wondering on
How it happened.
More times than
Not, you just let it
Be. No need in taking
The fun out of the
Trick. It’s special.
At least, it is the
First time around.
Before you know it,
The trick is done so
Many times, you’re lost.
Time has passed and
First times are in the
Past. Amazed each
Time you saw it has
Ultimately turned crass.
Messy on the
Execution but still
Caught by surprise.
Wrapped up in a
Whirlwind of moments.
After all the times,
No matter the
Circumstance of
Events, I’m still a
Fool to it every time.
And over time,
I learned that it
Hasn’t been that
Bad to fall. Regardless,
I loved it all.
The first is
Just as special
As them all.
“I consider all of these poems trash because they were written in the moment and never touched again.
This was written a few months after being all depressed and stuff and finding that we find love again. That it’s a trick. I can’t explain it but it just has this angsty thing to it that I don’t love. Granted they all have a bit of angst to them.”
T.A. Jones (he/him) is a Black poet/writer based in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Western Carolina University with a bachelors in English and minor in Creative Writing. He currently works as a preschool teacher and occasional music journalist/podcaster for CentralSauce. He’s finishing his first poetry compilation, Obsidian Sun.