Austin Davis

White Flowers

Some
might miss
that
split second

when
your eyes
drop
their blinds

and
your lips
begin
to open

but
for me,
as
the clouds

decide
to rest
and
every car

stops
for gas,
it’s
like noticing

that
first whiff
of
summer air

as
it pauses
beneath
my skin.

Austin Davis is a widely published poet and his first full-length collection, Cloudy Days, Still Nights, is being released by Moran Press this spring.