On the Green Line, a Poem by Mattias Renberg

On the Green Line
by Mattias Renberg

I find myself inside a moment
that found me through
the ticking of a thousand watches.

I inhale slowly
and try to retrace my thoughts.
Carefully walking backwards
in my fading footprints.
Testing each step
as if climbing a steep slope.

The city is rolling by the subway.
Over there a small plastic bag
twirles in its search
for the ground below.

I exhale and some air flows
into a woman’s conversation.
She is explaining
the color of a scarf with the
seriousness of I love you.

Mattias Renberg lives in Stockholm, Sweden. He has studied creative writing in Swedish and English. He has previously been published in Over Yonder, an anthology by Rofous Press, and in Burningword Literary Journal.

Copyright 2014, © Mattias Renberg. This work is protected under the U.S. copyright laws. It may not be reproduced, reprinted, reused, or altered without the expressed written permission of the author.