Laurels of My Life

Truly Grateful for all that be

Laurels of My Life

By Tyler Lucas Mobley 

Could rest all day on laurels of my life 

lounge in the safe of my memory bank 

my personal theatre replaying the hits.

Heart runs over savory to the last drop 

scent of black forest, all those passing 

eyes, fish-headed accordion serenades

baguettes become saber for all to see

taken by surprise at giant faceless babies,

that photo I’ll never see, crossing the

Bosphorus with an American girl under

each arm, my lap would know Sri Lankan 

that same week, the tremble of her touch

on that beach in Mexico, washed my feet on

holy ground, blind to what others see, felt it 

all going my way, brushed noses with what 

goes without saying, walked home after a 

Tokyo pub crawl, watched the sunrise in

your eyes always remember what they said.