Goliath in Love
If you have lost me to sunny weather,
you can find me in the simple shiver
that rumbles inside your chest cavity
to announce, “I am never coming back.”
Summer has never gifted me with love,
the sparkling spell of July’s golden hand
does not know my shoulders. If rays of sun
warm the world, they ignite fires in me.
How is it that mothers can love their sons
and sons can love their mothers, but this son
cannot love another? Like the murder
of some ancient giant before battle;
layers of armor, helmet and breastplate,
I march the valley, abandon my heart.
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Jeremy Windham is currently an undergraduate creative writing student at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas where he also studies violin performance. His poems can be found in The Blue Route, HUMID, and a local charity-based chapbook.
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