There are days I kiss my boulder and leave bloody prints of my love on it.
The boulder is rough, but my lips are bleeding for me.
I chew them away till they are soft enough for my boulder.
There are days I punch my boulder, and leave bloody prints of my hatred on it.
The boulder is rough, and my hands bleed because of it.
Yet while I grit my teeth and propel the boulder with my fury, I find I am smiling.
Nick McKay is a 22 year old English major in their 4th year at Carleton University. They are a non-binary and pansexual poet, but enjoys writing in all its forms, from criticisms to fiction to poetry. While they have written many pieces, they are only at the beginning of what they hope to become a long journey of being published in many different spaces. The titles of the three poems I am submitting are “Ophelia at the embankment”, “Spitfire”, and “Sisyphus cannot smile all the time”.
