Carving on the Wall Erin Edwards
finality escapes aside from sharp ending of loss with farewell comes cavernous chests shadows shade and switch carvings on the ribcage wall read tales of broken goodbye no certainty exists aside from searing sting yet he and she beside also lay in darkened cave and covered walls their etchings pen the story of survival, of light’s persistence by reading scratches in the hollow the light will soon be found and he and she beside will greet you as you stand freely, sunlit, whole
Spring 2021
Poetry 65
