I want to see the words
that were read to me, aloud
and floated into my heart
I want to capture them
again
with my eyes
and sear them into my memory
To pull out
another day
when I might
need them
even more
than I needed
to hear them
today
The line about
by the fire you will find me
and
the elegance of a dragonfly
and
the brightness of light
floating upward to the sky
like a light lantern
Those words
that lightness of being
pulling me
skyward
on the wings of the words
read aloud
that floated
straight
into
my
heart
Jennifer Gurney lives in Colorado where she teaches, paints, writes and hikes. Her poetry has appeared in a variety of journals, including The Ravens Perch, HaikUniverse, Haiku Corner, Cold Moon Journal, Scarlet Dragonfly and The Haiku Foundation.
