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issue 02.

three poems: softly the light / in this space between / i have not asked for silence by Rae Rozman

12/28/2019

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Softly the light unveils a room 
gasping for breath
quiet woman gentle
in her melancholy shivers 
against formless desire
Inhale
Hold
Hold 
Hold 
Exhale into emptiness dreams
awake and unbending
 
Tulips bloom in a vase on the mantle.
What we kill is beautiful.

​In this space between
morning and day
between darkness and
the dawning of a coral sunrise,
the need for you overtakes effortlessness.
 
I am weightless
here among the clouds,
formless
above borders and limitations of
time and space.
 
Where I am,
when I am:
it doesn’t matter.
This path leads only to you.

​I have not asked for silence
but you give it freely
 
Is this how the flowers feel
when the monarchs migrate?
Do they miss the sound of wings?

​Rae Rozman

is a middle school counselor in Austin, Texas. Her poetry often explores themes of queer love (romantic and platonic), brain injury, and education. You can find her work in the Stonewall’s Legacy poetry anthology, Nixes Mate Review, MockingHeart Review and Trouble Among the Stars (she favors small, quirky literary magazines). An INFJ,  Rae can often be found curled up with a novel to discuss with her students, or watching science fiction shows with her partner and their two rescue bunnies. You can find her on Instagram @mistress_of_mnemosyne where she talks about books, shares poems, and posts entirely too many pictures of her bunnies.

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