I have come back
from paradise.
The flash of green was flash
and nothing more,
made stranger by the lack
of changing season.
With something seen, better
than accomplished,
beautiful,
but uncomfortable,
with death having no ETA,
and limited
acquaintance with Eden.
K.L. Johnston is an internationally published author, poet and photographer. Her books of poetry, Grace Period and The Nature of These Gifts, received Selah and Bookfest awards and she's currently working on her third poetry collection. You can find her poems and flash fiction in online literary magazines and many, many anthologies. She lives near the banks of the Savannah River, trying not to succumb to cliche poisoning as she feeds the stray cats in her garden.