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TAR
That Summer
Evelyn Olmos
the rain never stopped did it?
Juárez flooded skin
pruned and peeled
concrete walls tumbled
water overflowed
picked dirt on the way in
making a mess of your home
when your husband comes
he will condemn
the wreckage your love
creates in him but you
will blame it on this flood
his fists never stopped did they?
they stormed your body
ridding you of sin
what a miracle the skies
parted and gave you his rain
allowed you to know love
the way it bruises
and aches deep
you were born with this
body full of damnation
and you will die
engulfed in his flood
in order to be born again
ABOUT THE WRITER:
Evelyn Olmos is a poet born in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She received a BA in Sociology and Spanish, and a BA in English Studies from the University of New Mexico in May 2017.
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