POEM: Echo Dance

in #poetry10 months ago


Light

grace gravity packs pigment pills


Dust

raised moss beds musty leaves and air


Cold

walking from a separation


Warm

union of your field and my feels


Clouds

conformity choked out our voice


Life

birds chirped for pleasure and purpose


Rise

a coffee and conversation


Rest

cozy full moon meditation



The construct for this poem focuses on the value of identity. Identity of each individual in a relationship and the identity that forms when the two identities coalesce.

I used the sun as a good metaphor for what is known about identity and the moon for what is felt and what is unknown. The sun and moon both traverse for 180 degrees from the perspective of a human so I used the syllabic pattern 1-8 for the entire poem. Each stanza explores the theme from each human sense.