This poem is best viewed on a desktop. Written on 25 January 2025.
Undo the h-
earth splendid second be-
fore an epiphany ex-
its the air. The fault-
er of a split, ground-
breaking the way your lips
tilt me onto my ax-
is, the subtle dive/
ine witnessed from my own eyes
a drowning of my-
selfish existence, a pleasure
to beg-
in. I have always been here-
tical and a believer, messy
in the practicum of my faith
in us. But here, a moment-
um builds our undoing. God bless us
with hailing
truth, harbinger of our little deaths.
Split/Second was inspired by a form of poetry that plays with the breaks in words to deepen the language. This form was first introduced through reading Mag Gabbert’s Sapphic Dream. Split/Second is my first attempt at writing in this particular form.
stunning!! you pulled this off so well :O
beautiful!!