KERENZA RYAN - POEMS

Kerenza Ryan is a student at Cairn University studying English. Her work has also been published in The Curator, Peeking Cat Poetry, Poetry Quarterly, and other literary journals. She can be found writing about writing on twitter @KerenzaRyan, or working her way through college in Bristol, PA.

​                                     Alcohol


Sometimes,
My roommate's live-in roommate
Tries to replace me in my very own home
 
Sometimes,
He sneaks right by
And leaves a dirty sock
Takes a corner of her closet
Goes by a new name:
Controlled
 
Other times,
I wake up on the street
My clothes in a soggy pile around me
And the locks changed.
 
Either way,
I lose my home
 
                                   Reckless

He runs around the half court
In green gripped socks
Sweat soaking his new favorite shirt
            (hospital gown blue)
Laughter fills his basketball
And the rest of us lunge around the room
Rather than let the time bomb fall
And deflate