One Poem by Stephen A. Rozwenc

AFTERLIFE HINDSIGHT



since I am

the reincarnation

of an undiscovered impressionist

painter

offering pastel softness

and you are my petite cherie

whose every life

has shielded the endangered



that we should meet frequently

in some prearranged chamber

perhaps inside a boarded-up store front

just off that noisy retail street

in Paris Bangkok Atlantis

Hector’s effulgent Troy

or beneath some indefinable aura

where bamboo curtains shine

afterlife hindsight



that we should speak

the ruby throated language

of hummingbirds

stamen and pistil paint brushes

slathering the insides of each other’s brains

with lush Tuscan landscapes

while we sample gourmet morsels

and sip evocative wines

(randomly from the holy grails

of our clairvoyant bodies)



that we should dress in stately Chinese silks

and legless beggar’s rags

to engage in wild chocolate

anima to animus transformation

you into me

me into you

our cherry blossom hearts

bleating starlight

until we scream for it to stop

but only so we can begin again

Stephen A. Rozwenc is an American expat poet who lives in Thailand. He has published 5 collections of poetry. In the last 12 years more than 250 of his poems have appeared in print journals and online venues in the United States, Europe, and Asia. He is the first poet in the history of American literature to publish all of his work after the age of 65. He has also published a collection of translations of famous Russian poets. For further information and samples of his published work as well as Youtube presentations, Google search Stephen A. Rozwenc poetry.