Poetry by Nicholas Barnes
when you stopped
looking at ladybugs
like they were miracles
like they shouldn’t be there
but they somehow were,
and you started looking
at them like …
i’ve seen
a million of you before,
that’s the day you died.
that’s the day you stopped
loving yourself.
Nicholas Barnes earned a Bachelor of Arts in English at Southern Oregon University. He currently works as an editor in Portland, and enjoys music, museums, movie theaters, and rain. His poems have been accepted by Mortal Mag, Barzakh, and Something Involving A Mailbox!, among others.
