Cassady O’Reilly-Hahn

Drifter in Yellow June

when the wind tugs
the sleeve under my arm
I am your child again.
 
I still feel the warmth
of the bruises long faded
under my purple cuffs.
 
I miss you, even now.
Your failing embraces,
your wrists on my back.

Cassady O’Reilly-Hahn is a poet with an MA from Claremont Graduate University. He is a managing editor for Foothill: A Poetry Journal. He works for AudioEyes, a company that describes TV and film for blind viewers. Cassady writes Haiku for his Instagram @cassady_orha. He currently resides in Claremont, California.