twisted of two
strands
that pulled us
through gardens and ditches
out of caves
now your strand
has been unraveled
made invisible
I feel it
wicking through my city
some buildings vacant
others burning
with a vital light
BEST OF THE NET 2023; Essay in THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2018;
(cited in BAE 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022); PUSHCART poetry finalist
Issue: Spring 2013 » Poetry
twisted of two
strands
that pulled us
through gardens and ditches
out of caves
now your strand
has been unraveled
made invisible
I feel it
wicking through my city
some buildings vacant
others burning
with a vital light
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Natasha! love this poem. so moving.