Author | Simon Perchik
You reach into that darkness
stars return for, are cooled
and yet you open the mail
slowly so in each envelope
the letter folding over and over
still falls out as mist
covers the ground
almost to a boil –you retrace
the way the blind find shelter
and with just your fingertips
empty the small fire
hidden behind the others
waiting for its shadow
cut off from home
and at the slightest touch.
About the Author | Simon Perchik‘s latest book is titled The Osiris Poems (Boxofchalk Press).