I am brittle when the day springs.
My anchored tongue of aged iron
tastes of brown rust. It rests
Cameron Mount
Closure
It is not about the stars
nor the sadness
in a constellation.
The Long Struggle
The terrible and restless quiet
that preceded the thick wild smoke
and the toppling Jenga tower.
Cameron Mount
Cameron Mount served as an officer in the US Navy from 2001 to 2007, rising to the rank of Lieutenant before leaving to pursue a career in writing and teaching.