Beyond & Within


Walk horizonless, gaze curiously,
recognize, understand the birds,
the trees, the entire sky.
It no longer feels impossible,

something peaks and it feels
like forever, where a song
is not rain, but
a delicate wing.

Na/GloPoWriMo day 11 prompt: Write an erasure/blackout poem. I chose a page at random from Bird Box by Josh Malerman. Screenshot of the page is below.